Mann isolated on ‘land for assembly building’ tweet

Jalandhar: Under fire from the opposition and Punjabi netizens, Punjab’s ministers and Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators have not defended chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s tweet for land in Chandigarh to build a separate Vidhan Sabha on the lines of Haryana. The party’s silence isolates him further.
Mann had posted the demand in Hindi and English after Union home minister Amit Shah had decided to give Haryana land in Chandigarh for its own Vidhan Sabha. The tweet angered the opposition and flummoxed AAP’s supporters. The trolls questioned the rationality of it, arguing that the existing Vidhan Sabha building belonged to Punjab, and his demand will only weaken the state’s claim over Chandigarh.
Most of the reactions on Twitter were of shock and disbelief. Mann’s statement was not posted on his own or party’s Facebook page. Even AAP’s strong social media cell didn’t defend the demand, while his supporters answered the trolls with silence. The ministers and MLAs updated the users about their other activities but avoided the land topic. AAP’s central leadership also didn’t retweet or endorse his demand.