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Chandigarh: Opposition parties, including AAP and SAD, on Friday asked the Amarinder Singh-led government to prove its majority in the assembly amid a tussle in Punjab’s ruling Congress.
A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema, met the Governor here and claimed that the Congress government was in a minority.
The group demanded that a special session of the state assembly be called and the chief minister be directed to prove his government’s majority in the house.
According to an AAP statement, party leaders said that if Amarinder Singh fails to prove his majority to his government in the next seven days, the assembly should be dissolved immediately.
The Congress has 80 MLAs in the 117-member Punjab Assembly.
The opposition’s demand comes at a time when the Punjab Congress is facing a crisis due to the ongoing power struggle between Amarinder Singh and state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Cheema said that while some ministers and MLAs have openly revolted against the chief minister, Amarinder Singh has lost the trust and support of his ministers, MLAs and the people of Punjab.
Addressing a gathering in Moga’s Bagha Purana, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal asked the Amarinder Singh-led government to prove its majority.
The Chief Minister should be prepared to face the no-confidence motion in the upcoming assembly session as he has lost the confidence of most of his ministers and MLAs and has no right to continue in his chair.
Talking to reporters, Badal said that the Chief Minister should move a resolution in the upcoming session of the state assembly to repeal three abominable agricultural laws.
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