“Many many congratulations to the people of Punjab. Bribery will no longer be tolerated in Punjab,” Kejriwal twitted.
Digital Desk: Punjab’s new chief minister, Bhagwant Mann, informed on Thursday that on Shaheed Diwas, March 23, the state will launch an anti-corruption helpline number in the state. Mann said that people in Punjab would be able to report corruption via WhatsApp.
“On Bhagat Singh Ji’s martyrdom day, we shall open an anti-corruption helpline. That will be my personal WhatsApp number. If somebody offers you a bribe, record a video or audio and submit it to me. Corrupt individuals will be dealt with harshly. In Punjab, corruption will no longer be tolerated,” Mann tweeted in Hindi and Punjabi.
“Ninety-nine per cent of people are honest, but one per cent causes the system to fail,” Mann added.
Saying the decision as ‘historic’ Delhi chief minister and AAP’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal says that corruption will no longer be tolerated in Punjab. At a news conference, Kejriwal said, “If someone asks you to pay a bribe, make a video of the officer and send it to the WhatsApp number.”
“Many many congratulations to the people of Punjab. Bribery will no longer be tolerated in Punjab,” Kejriwal twitted.
Mann had said earlier in the day that he would make a “very huge decision” that no one in the history of the north Indian state had ever made. The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) freshly elected chief minister used Twitter to drum up anticipation for the announcement.
“A very big decision will be taken today in the interest of the people of Punjab. No one in the history of Punjab would have taken such a decision to date. I’ll announce shortly...,” Mann wrote on Twitter.
Following this, it was retweeted by AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, triggering speculations regarding the announcement.
After AAP’s remarkable victory in the recently ended assembly elections, Mann took over as Punjab CM from Congress’s Charanjit Singh Channi. Mann urged to the newly-elected AAP parliamentarians not to become arrogant after taking the oath of office in front of ten thousand people in Punjab’s Khatkar Kalan village and assured the public that the state government would work hard.
With the resignation of PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, reportedly due to the Congress’s defeat in Punjab and poor performance in the other four states. Sidhu, who handed his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, wished Mann well in his efforts to rise to the challenge and return Punjab to the road of prosperity through pro-people policies.
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