PTI
Chandigarh, March 1
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday thanked the Supreme Court for its “historic” decision and “saving the existence of democracy”, saying the upcoming state Assembly session would now go on with none obstruction.
His remarks come a day after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit advised the Supreme Court that he had summoned the Assembly for the finances session on March 3.
The Punjab authorities had moved the apex court docket after it accused the governor of not responding to the cupboard’s decision of summoning the finances session of the Vidhan Sabha.
“Thanks for the historic decision of the honourable Supreme Court to avoid wasting the existence of democracy in Punjab…now the voice of three crore Punjabis ‘Vidhan Sabha session’ will go on with none hindrance,” Mann tweeted in Punjabi.
The high court docket additionally advised either side that constitutional discourse needed to be performed with a way of decorum and mature statesmanship.
Stressing that the governor and the chief minister are constitutional functionaries with specified roles and obligations earmarked by the Constitution, the apex court docket had on Tuesday noticed that there was a dereliction of constitutional obligation by each.
