Chandigarh, Nov. 26 -- Senior Congress leader and former Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh on Wednesday hit out at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing him of misleading the people of Punjab over the Chandigarh issue and acting in line with the BJP's agenda.

Speaking to the media, the AICC secretary said that CM Mann's claim that the Centre has withdrawn the proposed 131st Constitutional Amendment on Chandigarh is "misleading and baseless". He questioned how Mann, who himself served as a Member of Parliament for eight years, could make such assertions.

Pargat Singh said that any decision approved by the Union Cabinet is published in the Parliamentary bulletin, and the Chandigarh-related amendment bill has already been listed. "No...