But Ferozepur city MLA Parminder Singh Pinki on Thursday opened a front against CM’s special principal secretary Gurkirat Singh, who looks after the defence services department in the CM office. But Pinki says Gurkirat refused to oblige. They announce anyone as a state guest but refused to accord the status to the visiting UK delegation. Also, we are not aware if our officers too are accorded the same status in the UK during visits,” a senior government official said. The CM has deputed finance minister Manpreet Badal to represent him at the event, which was organised as a private function so far.

Source: Hindustan Times September 08, 2017 05:15 UTC