Majithia alleges Punjab CM Mann backing down on Chandigarh claim over SSP appointment

Shiromani Akali Dal senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday accused Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of stepping back from Punjab’s long-standing claim over Chandigarh following changes to the city’s senior police leadership.

Majithia said Punjab cadre IPS officer Kanwardeep Kaur is being sent back to the Punjab cadre after completing her three-year term as Senior Superintendent of Police in Chandigarh. He alleged that an IPS officer from the Haryana cadre has been given charge of the post.

According to Majithia, the Punjab government did not send a panel of officers to the Union Home Ministry for consideration for the next SSP appointment. He said the absence of a Punjab panel allowed Haryana cadre officers to be considered for the role.

Majithia argued that declining to send a panel for the post amounts to backing away from Punjab’s administrative claim over Chandigarh, which serves as the shared capital of both Punjab and Haryana.

Connect Newsroom contacted the office of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for comment on Majithia’s allegation. No response was received by publication time.