CHANDIGARH: Haryana assembly secretariat, on Monday, constituted a six-member committee, comprising top police and administrative officials from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh ahead of the monsoon session starting from August 20.
A decision to the effect was taken during a meeting of officials of the two states and UT Chandigarh, chaired by speaker Gian Chand Gupta in his office. The exercise is said to be the outcome of breach of security by Punjab MLAs led by senior SAD MLA Bikramjit Singh Majithia, who allegedly breached the security of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar while he was briefing media persons.
Seven temporary barricades will be set up on the Assembly premises and surrounding areas. Entry of unauthorised persons on the premises would be barred. A special control room will be set up and duty magistrates will report there on a daily basis. This comes with directions to create a group on social media with officers of the three states sharing information.
In a related development, the assembly secretariat premises and external compound has been made out of bounds for media personnel and photo journalists. Sources in the assembly secretariat said that Haryana Niwas would be converted into press gallery and all media briefings would be held there.
Besides new Haryana DGP Prasantha K Agrawal, prominent among those who attended the meeting included ADGP CID Alok Mittal CP Panchkula, Saurabh Singh, Punjab ADGP, S S Srivastava, Haryana assembly secretary, R K Nanda, Punjab assembly secretary, Surinder Pal, SP traffic and Security, Chandigarh, Manisha Chaudhary, CISF Senior Commandant, S P Singh and additional deputy commissioner of Chandigarh administration.
