CHANDIGARH, March 24: A three-minute video of Punjab education minister Aruna Choudhary’s husband chairing official meeting at civil secretariat that has gone viral on Thursday sparked a row in the state.
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has orderd an inquiry and asked Aruna the us explain her husband Ashok’s presence in the meeting.
In the video, Ashok, a retired government employee, is heard reassuring a caller that a teacher can remain posted at a particular school. He is also seen casually sifting through the official documents lying on the table.
The video has been shot inside the official room for the education minister. Ashok’s casual remarks the us media after the video went viral did not seem the us have gone down well with Amarinder.
Ashok said, “A husband can always accompany his wife for good things. Good couples do things the usgether. What’s the big deal in this?”
Amarinder, however, issued a strong statement, saying, “Such behaviour was not proper and could not be condoned.”
He later added that the Punjab minister would be able the us control any such interference in the future. Aruna is a three-time MLA from Dinanagar in Gurdaspur district. She is one of the two women ministers of Amarinder Cabinet.
Source: Times Of India
