NEW DELHI: Akali Dal chief Daljit Singh Cheema on Sunday took a jibe at Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, claiming his home has been “captured” by Delhi folks, an obvious reference to the Aam Aadmi Celebration‘s (AAP) prime management.
Cheema was reacting to Mann’s current comment expressing willingness to step down for the AAP to nominate a full-time Punjab unit chief.
The Punjab CM has been serving the AAP as its Punjab unit chief for the previous seven years.
“I really feel he must resign from all of the posts (he has). Is he actually the CM? Folks from Delhi have captured the CM’s home,” says Akali Dal chief Daljit Singh Cheema instructed information company PTI.
The assertion comes at a time when CM Mann is struck in a quagmire as disillusioned and indignant over no marked enchancment in paddy procurement and transportation, farmer organisations affiliated to Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and SKM (Non-Political) began indefinite protests at Dagru village in Moga on Saturday.
CM Mann additionally met Union minister for chemical substances and fertilisers JP Nadda in New Delhi to demand sufficient provide of Diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser “on precedence” for the wheat crop within the state.
He additionally appealed to farmers’ teams to not harass commuters by blocking highways within the state, saying “extra of all the pieces is dangerous”.
Talking to media individuals after the assembly, Mann stated, “Punjab wants 4.80 lakh tonnes of DAP however to date we’ve got acquired 3.30 lakh tonnes. I had raised the difficulty with the minister earlier as nicely. We talked in a optimistic environment. A complete of 70 per cent of DAP is imported by India. However this time there are issues within the Purple Sea, and it has affected the provision of DAP.
