Punjab legislators are not ready for anything less than to take the scalp of state chief secretary Karan Avtar Singh’s alleged ‘unacceptable behaviour’ with ministers during a meeting a fortnight ago. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met with some legislators to buy peace.

Cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, MLAs Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Pargat Singh and Sangat Singh Gilzian met the chief minister over lunch at his Siswan farmhouse. Congress president Sunil Jakhar was also present at the meeting.

The CM invited them for an informal lunch during which discussions were held on various issues. Randhawa said that he had raised with the chief minister the issue of Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh’s alleged ‘unacceptable behaviour’ with ministers during a meeting held here a fortnight ago.

“When the CM asked about the chief secretary issue, we told him that the chief secretary’s attitude was not right and the way he spoke with ministers cannot be tolerated by anybody,” Randhawa said. The chief minister was told about what had happened on that day and why ministers had walked out of the meeting, Randhawa said, adding that the CM assured them to look into the matter.