Jakhar lauds Mann for ‘coming of age to chagrin of AAP bosses in Delhi’

It’s good as Punjab deserves a CM who’s a Khud Mukhtiar (independent) than a remote controlled one, Jakhar said

Chandigarh: Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said that Punjab deserves a chief minister who takes his decision and not remote-controlled.

Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said that Punjab deserves a chief minister who takes his decision and not remote-controlled.

The Congress, which was in power in the state, got 18 seats in the 117-member assembly, while the AAP won 92 seats.

“Seems @BhagwantMann has come of age already much to the chagrin of AAP bosses in Delhi. That explains the absence of even the two regents, what to talk of supremo himself, at oath ceremony (of the Punjab ministers),” the former Punjab Congress chief tweeted.

“It’s good, as Punjab deserves a CM who’s a Khud Mukhtiar (independent) than a remote controlled one,” Jakhar said.

Ten Punjab ministers took oath on Saturday, three days after Mann was sworn-in as the chief minister on Wednesday. The AAP stormed to power, decimating the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party combine and the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD (Sanyukt) alliance.