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2 officials from Bhagwant Mann's media team resign
Two officials from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's media team have resigned from their posts, with sources claiming they did so due to 'family commitments'. Adil Azmi, the media advisor to Mann, and Ayushi Saraswat, the senior media relations manager, put in their papers on Tuesday.
A source close to Azmi said that he had proceeded on a sabbatical. 'He has family reasons to take some time off. He will be away till December. He may get back to work after that,' he said.
Another source said that Saraswat also had a family commitment. 'She needed to take time off for pressing family reasons. Hence, she has also proceeded on a sabbatical,' the source explained.
In October last year, the Punjab government had removed Onkar Singh, Mann's close aide, from his post as officer on special duty to the chief minister. A few days later, Navneet Wadhwa, Mann's director of communications, was asked to submit his resignation.
At the time, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sources had termed the development 'Operation Cleanup' after party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal's return from Tihar jail.
Later, two of Kejriwal's aides, Baltej Singh Pannu and Manpreet Kaur, both directors of communication, were removed from the chief minister's office.
