Independence Day tableau to showcase knee surgery success in Punjab on a shaky footing

Five people, identified by the announcer as ‘beneficiaries’ of the scheme, dance at the I-Day parade in Ferozepur. (Express Photo) 4 min readChandigarhAug 18, 2026 01:43 PM IST First published on: Aug 18, 2026 at 06:33 AM IST The Punjab government is claiming it was operating on, so to speak, a kneed-to-know basis. As per the Opposition, that claim has no legs. On Saturday, a tableau by the state Health Department at the Independence Day parade in Ferozepur, attended by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, featured five men dancing the bhangra and identified by the announcer as “beneficiaries who had undergone knee-replacement surgeries under the Mukhmantri Sehat Bima Yojana”.