category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh The row between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann worsened Thursday with Purohit indicating he is in no hurry to summon the Assembly s Budget session, and reminding the CM about his derogatory response to a letter from Raj Bhavan. Purohit s letter to CM Mann comes two days after the Punjab Cabinet decided to call the assembly session from March 3 and requested the governor to summon the House. In his latest communication, Purohit told Mann that he will take a call on summoning the Budget session only after taking legal advice on the CM s response to the issues raised by him in an earlier letter. In that February 13 letter, the governor had asked Mann to explain the process of selecting 36 government school principals for a training seminar held recently in Singapore, and raised other issues as well. Mann had responded that he was only answerable to three crore Punjabis, not to a Centre-appointed governor and also questioned the Centre s criteria for appointing governors. Purohit called Mann s replies not only patently unconstitutional but extremely derogatory also , saying he was compelled to take legal advice. Since your tweet and letter both not only patently unconstitutional but extremely derogatory also, therefore, I am compelled to take legal advice on this issue. Only after getting legal advice, I will take decision on your request, said Purohit in the new letter. On February 13, Purohit had questioned the selection of school principals for a foreign trip for a training seminar, saying he has received complaints of malpractices and illegalities . He had also raised issues of illegal appointment of Punjab Agricultural University vice-chancellor and promotion of an IPS officer who was shunted out for alleged misconduct, among others. Claiming that Mann never cared to reply to his letters in the past, Purohit had told the chief minister that people did not elect him to run the state according to his whims and fancies and that as per the Constitution, he is bound to furnish any information sought by Raj Bhavan. (editor dailyworld.in)