Chandigarh, May 16 -- Punjab Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over appeals related to cutting foreign expenditure, questioning why similar restrictions should not apply to the Centre as well.
Addressing a gathering, Mann alleged that the Prime Minister was "asking people to stop everything" while attempting to divert attention from pressing economic concerns. Referring to calls discouraging foreign travel and promoting work-from-home practices, the Punjab Chief Minister sarcastically remarked that even the Prime Minister could operate from home if such measures were genuinely necessary.
"People are being told not to buy gold, not to travel abroad and to work from home. Can the Prime Minist...