Why BJP & AAP are locking horns again, this time over change in Chandigarh admin service rules

New Delhi: A fresh tussle has broken out between the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced Sunday that employees of the Chandigarh administration will now function under the Central Civil Services Rules.

While Shah has said that the move has been effected to benefit employees in a “big way”, off the record, some BJP leaders have acknowledged that making employees of Chandigarh work

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