Chandigarh, June 23 -- The opposition parties in Punjab have slammed the AAP government's move to replace the chief minister with chief secretary as the chairman of development bodies.

The AAP, however, defended the state cabinet's decision, calling it a bold reform aligned with similar administrative set-ups in several other states.

Several senior AAP leaders, including state president Aman Arora, finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema and education minister Harjot Singh Bains, stated that cabinet approved a uniform framework across eight authorities such as GMADA, GLADA, Amritsar Development Authority, and Bathinda Development Authority, with deputy commissioners and municipal commissioners as members to decentralise governance and spee...