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Chandigarh: Facing flak from the opposition parties over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's meeting with the state's top officers in his absence, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said it was he who sent the officials for "training" to the national capital. Talking to the media in Jalandhar district, Mann asserted that he is taking all decisions while rejecting the opposition charge that his government is being run through "remote control" from Delhi. Newly elected AAP government in Punjab had come under fire from opposition parties, who had described the meeting as an interference in the state affairs and the breach of federalism. The Punjab CM was called a "rubber stamp" by former chief minister Amarinder Singh. "I am taking all decisions," Mann told reporters in Jalandhar while defending the meeting. When asked that he was not present in the meeting held by Kejriwal with state officials in Delhi, Mann said, "I had sent them. For training, the same officers had gone to Gujarat and for training they had gone to Tamil Nadu. If we have to send them to Israel for Punjab's benefit, I will send them there too." "In coming days, I will send my officers to Delhi, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu," he said. CM Bhagwant Mann said that the Delhi government’s reforms in education, health and power sector are unmatched adding that there is no harm in getting training from them: Punjab Chief Minister's Office (CMO) "If I find something good in West Bengal, then I will send my officers there. If I find something good in Gujarat, I will send them there too," added Mann. He said the "good news" about which he had indicated earlier will be announced on April 16. "Then you will say keep sending them," he said, asking t ...