Capt to tell Aruna Chaudhary to check husband’s interference

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh said on Thursday he will talk to minister of state Aruna Chaudhary on her husband’s reported interference in her official functioning.

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh said on Thursday he will talk to minister of state Aruna Chaudhary on her husband’s reported interference in her official functioning.

Minister of state Aruna Chaudhary.(HT File Photo)

Aruna, who handles higher and school education in the newly constituted council of ministers, was in news after a picture of her husband, Ashok Chaudhary, a former government officer and, perusing official files sitting next to her in her office in the Punjab secretariat went viral.

In response to a question during a television interview, the chief minister agreed that such behaviour was not proper and could not be condoned.

Captain Amarinder said he will personally speak to Aruna and was confident the minister would be able to control any such interference in future.