Chandigarh, March 6 -- As the Opposition gears up to corner the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the Budget Session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha starting Friday over law and order, rising gangsterism, and state finances, all eyes will be on the upcoming state budget, particularly the likely announcement regarding the promised Rs.1,000 per month for women.

The session is crucial for the AAP government as the 2026-27 budget will be its last before next year's assembly polls in the state. Chief minister Bhagwant Mann and other senior ministers have been building expectations by repeatedly announcing over the past few months that their government would fulfil its foremost pre-poll promise of giving Rs.1,000 to every woman ...