After a long hicc up, Punjab chief minister Charanjit Channi has accepted APS Deol's resignation as Advocate-General. Deol had tendered his resignation to the CM on November 1. in a press conference Channi agreed on a slew of other demands. The Punjab government has decided to regularise the services of 36,000 employees and also agreed to the demands of increasing the daily wage to Rs 415.59. The chief minister added that brick kilns will not be covered under mining policy and the situational tax has also been waived.
Channi also said a list of replacements for the post of Punjab Director-General of Police - currently held by Iqbal Singh Sahota - had been forwarded to the centre. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Congress state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu held a round of talks in Chandigarh ahead of the Cabinet meeting. Sidhu wanted Deol and Sahota - both appointed by Chief Minister Channi - to be sacked over the 2015 sacrilege and police firing case.
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