Chandigarh: Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit took exception to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann skipping the reception held for President Droupadi Murmu during her maiden visit to Chandigarh on Saturday.
While welcoming Murmu at the Raj Bhavan, the governor noted Mann’s absence from the event.
Purohit said he had invited Mann to the civic reception. “He (Mann) had even accepted it. He may have some compulsions,” the governor said.
According to Purohit, Mann instead sent a representative.
“No matter how occupied one is, I feel it is important to fulfill one’s constitutional responsibility,” he asserted.
The President was in Chandigarh to witness the Indian Air Force aerial show at Sukhna lake.
The governor and the Aam Aadmi Party government were involved in a squabble over holding a session of the Punjab Assembly.
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