The Punjab government has appointed Raghav Chadha, an MP from the Aam Aadmi party, as chairman of a temporary advisory committee, a move that drew a strong reaction from opposition parties.

Chadha, a Rajya Sabha MP, has been appointed chairman of a temporary committee to advise the government on matters of public importance, party sources said on Monday.

The AAP-led government warned the commission a few days ago of great skepticism from opposition parties, who questioned its legality.

The temporary committee headed by a chairman and directed by members will not be entitled to any compensation, remuneration or benefit, according to the notification.

Punjab Congress leader Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday criticized the Bhagwant Mann-led government, accusing it of ceding too much power to Chadha through the committee.

Warring said appointing Chadha as chairman of the advisory board “is tantamount to making him chief minister of Punjab”. ”Punjabis did not vote for this change. It looks like @BhagwantMann ji has put the Punjab government back under contract,” Warring said in a tweet.

The Shiromani Akali Dal also weighed in on the AAP-led government, saying the move had officially put ‘show manager Raghav Chadha on the stage’. “The Puppeteer, the puppet and the puppet. The circus master raises the curtain, officially bringing show director @raghav_chadha to the stage.

“De facto, CM Chadha officially taking over as Comptroller General is not news for Pbis. They always knew who was pulling the strings in the @BhagwantMann puppet dance. Now even the fig leaf of an elected government is being removed stripping (sic) the toothless tigers Pbis had placed its trust in,” the party said in a tweet.

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