Chandigarh: The special two-day session of the Punjab Assembly commenced on Monday with the Leader of the Opposition, Partap Singh Bajwa asking the Speaker to bring a resolution to recommend 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The session began at 11 AM today with the obituary references paying tribute to former prime minister Manmohan Singh and other prominent personalities who passed away between the end of the previous session and the beginning of the current one. However, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was not present during the obituary references.
LoP and senior Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa asked the Speaker to bring a resolution in the Vidhan Sabha to recommend 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour, for the former prime minister.
Former PM Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died on December 26 last year at the age of 92 following age-related complications.
The assembly session is expected to be a stormy one with the opposition set to corner the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over various issues like drug menace, "deteriorating law and order situation" and welfare measures for the deportees from the US.