In a statement, Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, “We have to pay thousands of crores as interest on debt of about ₹3 lakh crore that was taken by the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine and Congress governments in the past. Despite repaying the loan installment and interest, the AAP government is doing good work for the welfare of the people of Punjab.”
Governor Banwarilal Purohit has had frequent run-ins with Mann over the past year. Debt being a politically sensitive subject, Purohit’s query on details of the utilisation of debt raised by the state government is set to further rankle the ruling Aam Aadmi Party
The former Delhi minister moved the application seeking transfer of his trial in disproportionate assets case from special judge Vikas Dhull to another, alleging bias