Punjab CM and AAP chief Bhagwant Mann. (PTI file photograph)
Centre denied the request, citing the issue of arranging acceptable safety for Mann, who’s a Z-Plus safety protectee, on brief discover
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) refused to grant political clearance to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his deliberate go to to Paris to assist the Indian hockey crew on the ongoing Olympic Video games, an official supply confirmed on Saturday.
Mann, who holds a diplomatic passport, had sought permission for his journey to Paris from August 3 to August 9, together with attending the Indian hockey crew’s quarterfinal match on August 4.
Nonetheless, the MEA denied the request, citing the issue of arranging acceptable safety for Mann, who’s a Z-Plus safety protectee, on brief discover.
Political clearance for travelling overseas for senior leaders should be obtained from the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
The Chief Minister’s Workplace was knowledgeable of the choice on Friday night, in accordance with the Punjab authorities supply.
Moreover, Punjab Meeting Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has been denied clearance for his journey to the US, the place he was set to attend a convention of legislative physique audio system from August 4 to August 7.
Sandhwan said that he has been denied permission to go to Kentucky, US, for a convention. He additionally claimed that audio system from opposition-ruled states like Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala have confronted related denials, whereas the speaker from Meghalaya obtained clearance.
Earlier right now, Mann spoke with Indian males’s hockey crew captain Harmanpreet Singh and congratulated him and his squad for his or her historic win over Australia within the ongoing Olympic Video games.
In the course of the telephone name, Mann expressed his need to go to Paris to assist the hockey crew, which is scheduled to play within the quarterfinals on August 4. Nonetheless, he was unable to take action because of the denial of political clearance.
Aam Aadmi Get together’s (AAP) Punjab normal secretary Harchand Singh Barsat condemned the denial of permission to Mann to go to France by the BJP-led Centre.
“Mann to go to Paris, the central authorities has not solely insulted the three crore folks of Punjab but additionally harm their sentiments, as a lot of the gamers within the Indian hockey crew are from Punjab. That is equal to placing a cease to the basic rights of a constitutionally-elected individual,” Barsat stated in an announcement.
The denial of permission to Mann to go to Paris to spice up the morale of the hockey crew is one other instance of discrimination in opposition to Punjab, he alleged.
Stopping AAP leaders from going overseas is just not new, Barsat stated.
Earlier, the Narendra Modi authorities had denied permission to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal to go to Singapore to review the schooling system there, he identified.
The Centre had additionally discriminated in opposition to Punjab “by not together with” the state’s tableau on the Republic Day parade, “not offering compensation to farmers affected by floods, stopping farmers from going to Delhi, stopping Punjab’s rural growth fund and nationwide well being mission fund,” Barsat stated.
