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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has called a Cabinet gathering connected February 10, aft a spread of implicit 4 months. The gathering is scheduled aft the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wraps up the Delhi Assembly elections connected February 5 and the results are declared connected February 8.
The past Cabinet gathering was held connected October 5. Initially, the authorities had planned the adjacent gathering for February 5, the time aft the Delhi elections. However, it was aboriginal rescheduled to February 10, a Monday, aft the results.
Sources said the gathering was primitively acceptable for February 6 but was postponed connected Wednesday. “It was decided that they volition observe AAP’s triumph successful Delhi during the Cabinet meeting, arsenic the results would beryllium retired by then,” a root said.
The Punjab authorities held lone 5 Cabinet meetings past year—on March 9, August 14, August 29, September 5, and October 5. The ruling AAP has been engaged with predetermination campaigns passim the year.
In January, the enactment remained occupied with the Delhi campaign, including Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who has been successful Delhi for a week. He concisely returned to Punjab connected Republic Day to code a relation successful Patiala earlier heading back.
Several cardinal decisions person been awaiting Cabinet support successful Punjab. The authorities authorities had to cull the Centre’s draught Agriculture Marketing Policy but could not clasp an Assembly league for a unanimous resolution. Since a Cabinet motion is required to convene a session, the authorities simply wrote to the Centre rejecting the policy.
Punjab has been successful predetermination mode since March 16, erstwhile the exemplary codification of behaviour came into effect for the Lok Sabha elections. The authorities voted successful the past signifier connected June 1, pursuing a two-and-a-half-month-long predetermination period. Ten days aft the Lok Sabha results, the Jalandhar (West) by-election was announced, imposing a caller codification of behaviour successful Jalandhar territory until July 10.
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In September, the announcement of panchayat elections triggered different signifier of electoral enactment successful implicit 13,000 villages. Meanwhile, Punjab’s governmental leadership, but for the Akalis, was engaged campaigning successful Haryana for the October 5 Assembly elections.
On October 15, the time Punjab yet held its panchayat elections, the Election Commission of India announced by-elections successful 4 Assembly segments—Gidderbaha, Barnala, Chabbewal, and Dera Baba Nanak. The by-elections took spot connected November 20, followed by municipal elections successful December.
With elections down them, the authorities authorities is present acceptable to clasp its long-overdue Cabinet meeting.
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