Punjab: Reality bites Mann ministry after rosy election promises
Over a month after the Bhagwant Mann ministry took oath, there is a growing realisation in AAP brass that governing a full-fledged border state with an increasing debt burden is different from administering financially secure Delhi. ET takes a look at why the AAP government may have to temper its populist pitch in Punjab, urgently address revenue generation to save the state from hurtling into an economic abyss and use intelligence inputs to prevent flare-ups similar to what happened in Patiala recently.