AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira suspended
Saturday, 17/06/2017
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Chandigarh : AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was on Friday suspended for the remainder of the Punjab Assembly’s budget session after he uploaded a video of unruly scenes between treasury benches and Akali legislators on Facebook.
Speaker Rana Kanwarpal Singh handed over the matter to the Privilege Committee and ordered marshals to seize Khaira’s mobile phone.
His suspension comes a day after Lok Insaaf Party MLA Simarjit Singh Bains was barred for the rest of the budget session after papers were hurled at the Chair.
Later on talking to the media, Khaira accused the Speaker of being a “puppet” in the hands of the Congress and said he announced the “one-sided decision” without hearing him out.
“I and my party will not be cowed down by such empty threats of the Speaker and the Congress government and vow to fight the burning issues of Punjab relentlessly,” he said.
“I wanted to show the drama of Akali Dal and Congress members,” said Khaira, adding they were “wasting” the House’s time and “not letting” the AAP raise “burning issues”.
Ajaib Singh Bhatti elected as Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday congratulated his party MLA from Malout, Ajaib Singh Bhatti for his elevation as Deputy Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha.
Felicitating Bhatti on his installation as the Deputy Speaker, the Chief Minister said that Bhatti’s long administrative and political experience will further enhance the glory of this august chair. Captain Amarinder Singh said that politics was in Bhatti’s blood, as he inherited it from his father late Arjan Singh, who contested Assembly election from the erstwhile combined constituency Nihal Singh Wala in 1957.
Known for his simple mannerisms and straightforwardness, Bhatti believed in action when it came to working for his people, especially from the weaker sections of the society. A third time MLA, Bhatti had won the last three polls in a row, twice from Bhucho seat in 2007 and 2012 and Malout in 2017.
