Punjab: Budget session likely to witness fireworks
The Punjab Assembly's Budget session beginning Thursday is likely to be a stormy affair with opposition parties planning to corner the Congress-led government over issues like power tariff hike, state's poor fiscal health, and unemployment.
While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said the government has failed to fulfil its promise to replenish Punjab's coffers, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) claimed that the state is reeling under the highest-ever power tariff.
"Health, education and power tariff are the burning issues of Punjab which will be taken up by the party in the state assembly during the Budget session," AAP MLA and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema said on Wednesday.
"Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal had promised to improve the fiscal situation in three years but still the state government says its coffers are empty. If he cannot improve the fiscal situation, then he should resign," he said.
Senior SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema hit out at the Chief Minister Amarinder ...