Tried to convince him for 2-4 days: CM Bhagwant Mann on AG's resignation
Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Jul, 2022 10:52 AM
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said he tried to convince the former Punjab Advocate General (AG) Anmol Rattan Sidhu for a couple of days to take back his resignation.
"He is a very senior lawyer and a member of our team. In the future also, we will take legal advice from him. For 2-4 days I even tried to convince him to stay but he said that he had some commitments and engagements in near future," the Punjab Chief Minister said while speaking to the media persons at the Parliament premises.
Mann further informed that the Punjab government has appointed a senior lawyer Vineet Ghai as the new Advocate General.
"We want an Advocate General to have such a team so that we are not forced to hire costly lawyers from outside. Be it Session Court, High Court or Supreme Court, the AG's team should be able to put forth the voice of the people of Punjab," the CM averred.
Anmol Rattan Sidhu resigned from his post earlier in the day. In a resignation letter to Chief Minister Mann, Sidhu said he was resigning from the post owing to personal reasons. He was appointed to the post in March this year.
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The latest arrestee, identified as Abdul alias Raja, was found involved in allegedly orchestrating violence and also provoking the crowd to resort to stone pelting during the Hanuman Jayanti procession.
Addressing a high-level meeting here, the Chief Minister categorically said in case any incident of drug supply comes to his notice from any part of the state, then the concerned Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) or the Commissioner of Police (CP) would be held solely accountable.
Police sources said that the accident took place at Khandli in Rajouri, when a bus coming from Peeri to Rajouri collided with a tipper coming from the opposite direction.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Usha Rangnani, said a PCR call was received at 6.15 a.m. on Wednesday at the Mahendra Park police station, in which the caller, Shiv Kumar, reported shattering of window panes of vehicles by some Muslim boys.
Addressing a gathering here to hand over appointment letters to 2,373 youths after launching a massive recruitment drive to fill 26,754 posts, he wished that such functions - to give appointment letters to the youths - should be held regularly.
