SC also said that the Governor of Punjab is 'playing with fire' by deflecting the course of bills passed by a duly elected Assembly. It ordered the Governor to decide on the bills forwarded for his assent after being passed by the state legislature.
Purohit's response came after Punjab Finance Minister HS Cheema, who met Punjab Agriculture University VC in a statement asked the Governor to not obstruct the government's work.
Sources said the Governor sent back the file with the proposal to appoint noted cardiologist Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander as VC. Instead, he has asked the state government to send a list of three names for the post.
AAP MLAs began a 'peace march' from the Vidhan Sabha complex to the Governor's residence. The state assembly session will be called again on Sep 27.
Punjab Governor Purohit made the remarks without naming the previous Congress-led regime in his address to the year’s first session of the Vidhan Sabha.
Punjab chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann met Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday to stake claim to form the government in the state. Mann was elected as the AAP Legislature Party leader at a meeting of the party MLAs in Mohali on Friday. AAP Punjab in-charge Raghav Chadha also accompanied Mann to the Governor house.
The Governor, in a statement, said the file regarding regularisation of the services of contractual employees was sent back to the office of Chief Minister with six queries that need to be clarified by the state government. The copy of the queries raised on the said file is released to the media.
According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Maurya and appointed Singh as the governor of the state.
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