Amritsar, Feb. 15 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday questioned the decision to land another plane carrying Indian deportees from the US at the Amritsar airport as he hit out at the Centre, accusing it of trying to defame Punjab.

A flight carrying 119 illegal Indian immigrants is likely to land at the Amritsar airport around 10 pm on February 15, said official sources on Friday. This is the second such flight from the US. Earlier on February 5, a US military aircraft carrying 104 deportees had landed here.

Interacting with media persons, CM Mann, who reached Amritsar to receive the deportees arriving on Saturday and Sunday, said, "Despite Punjab being the food bowl and sword arm of India, the BJP-led Centre discriminates a...