Tomorrow will be the second and last day of the special session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, in which the government is coming up with many big proposals. But before presenting them in the assembly, there will be brainstorming on these proposals, for which a meeting of the Punjab cabinet will be held on Wednesday evening. In this meeting, discussions will be held regarding the cancellation of power agreements, the jurisdiction of BSF, and agricultural laws. The first day of the session was ended by paying tribute only. Then the opposition alleged that the government was running away from the discussion. Whereas 70 lakhs is spent on one day of the session.
The Punjab government wants to cancel the power purchase agreement. In this regard, termination notices have been sent to GVK and Talwandi Sabo Thermal Plant at Goindwal Sahib. Now there is a legal hurdle in this because the first few termination notices of the government have been stayed by the Electricity Tribunal. In such a situation, can the government bring this proposal to the assembly? The rules regarding this will also be discussed.
The Central Government recently increased the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 to 50 km. The government is bringing a resolution against it, but what will be the language of the Punjab government on the issue of national security? There will be brainstorming on this too. At present, it is being called a censure motion. This is important because Congress MP Manish Tewari has raised questions about why the Punjab government did not go to the Supreme Court even after a month.
There are laws of the central government, but there will be a churn about how many powers the state government has. The amended model of this law has already been passed as the CM of Captain Amarinder Singh. However, he remained in the governor's office. In such a situation, how effective will this claim of the government be? This will also be discussed.
The Contract Farming Act was enacted in 2013 during the Akali-BJP government in Punjab. However, it was never implemented. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu has described the agricultural laws as a copy of this act. In such a situation, the Channi government can cancel it to woo the farmers, so that the concern of the farmers can be eliminated from the whole.