HARPAL SINGH CHEEMA URGES: CONDUCT FLOOR TEST AS CAPTAIN AMARINDER LOST SUPPORT

HARPAL SINGH CHEEMA URGES TO CONDUCT FLOOR TEST

Demands to conduct majority test in Vidhan Sabha to know the number of MLA's with Captain’s government

Chandigarh: With about 40 Congress MLA's seeking removal of Captain Amarinder Singh as the Chief Minister of the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab has demanded the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh, to conduct a floor test of the Punjab government to prove its majority. Majority of Congress MLA's seeking the removal of Capt Amarinder for his unskilful and failure.

Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh

In a statement issued from the party headquarters here on Thursday, a senior leader of the AAP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Harpal Singh Cheema said, “The state government has gone into minority and a floor test is the need of the hour; as Capt Amarinder Singh has lost the support of the people of Punjab as well as the Congress party and its MLAs.”

Harpal Singh Cheema

Cheema said that the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the Congress government has split and Captain has lost the trust of most of his Congress MLA's. He said, the ruling Congress in Punjab has lost the majority to run and retain the government as per the number of MLA's. “The two factions, which have been publicly blaming and distrusting each other for a long time, have been wielding power over the number of MLA's. In such a challenging situation, the government of Capt Amarinder Singh has lost its majority,” he said, adding that being in minority, CM Capt Amarinder Singh has no moral or constitutional right to remain in government.

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The AAP leader said that the majority of the Congress MLAs were seeking the removal of Capt Amarinder Singh for his incompetence and failure in running the state. “The Chief Minister does not even have a majority in his cabinet so he cannot be the head of government. The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker should immediately conduct a majority test in the House to know how many MLAs are with Capt Amarinder Singh's government,” he said.

Incidentally, an assignment of the Aam Aadmi Party led by Harpal Singh Cheema had met the Governor of Punjab, last month; demanding to convene a special session of the Vidhan Sabha, directing Captain Amarinder Singh to prove majority in the house. Taking a dig, Harpal Singh Cheema questioned, “Why Capt Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu did not accept the AAP’s challenge of proving majority in the House? Where is Navjot Sidhu’s morality now, why is he keeping mum on the issue?”

Navjot Singh Sidhu
He further slammed the rebel ministers and legislators of the Congress, stating why they did not meet the Governor and demand a floor test against Capt Amarinder Singh. “If the rebel Congress MLAs and ministers are true and serious in their stance against Captain, then why don’t they move a motion of no-confidence in the Assembly,” he questioned. Cheema said this proves that these Congress MLA's and ministers, who have been part of the mafia rule for four-and-a-half years, are now dramatizing and building pressure; only for the sake of chair.