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Punjab:2-day Assembly session legal, says AAP
The Statesman
|October 15, 2023
AAP govtrejects Governor's objection; session willbe held from 20 October
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A day after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s office termed the two-day session of the Assembly called by the state government as “illegal”, the Bhagwant Mannled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Saturday maintained this session is legal and will be held from 20 October.
This story is from the October 15, 2023 edition of The Statesman.
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