Governor has humiliated 3.5 crore Punjabis with PR threat: Mann

Action shows hunger for power resulting from BJP's desperation to capture power in state, says Punjab chief minister

Terming Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit's threat to recommend the imposition of President's Rule in the state as an insult to 3.5 crore Punjabis, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday said Governor's action show hunger for power resulting from the Bharatiya Janata Party's desperation to capture power in the state.

Addressing a Press conference, the CM said the Governor knows better that he wrote this letter under whose pressure, but this letter has humiliated the Punjabis who had elected their own government more than an year ago with a thumping mandate.

He said the 'selected' Governor does not have any moral right to threaten elected representatives of people and make malicious attempt to topple this democratically elected government.

Mann said he has been consistently responding to the Governor's correspondence, having already replied to nine out of total 16 letters. He said responses to the remaining letters will be dispatched shortly. However, he expressed concern the Governor is attempting to exert undue pressure on the elected government in an unconstitutional manner.