Punjab Congress Corners Bhagwant Mann over ‘Encroachment’ by AAP MP Ashok Mittal

Barely a few days after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann supervised a much publicised government drive to take possession of 2,828 acres of illegally encroached prime land worth Rs 350 crore in Mohali, a row has erupted over delays in clearing the encroachment, allegedly by an institution owned by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal, over a panchayat land.

Phagwara-based Lovely Professional University (LPU), owned by Mittal,…