The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is gearing up for the Punjab Assembly polls next month. Apart from focusing on the drug menace plaguing the state, the party also plans to clamp down on corruption in Punjab.
A special team, led by AAP’s Majitha candidate Himmat Singh Shergill, was set up two years ago to create a document of corrupt government officials. Several politicians also feature in the list, the Indian Express reported.
We have been promised that action against these corrupt officers will be initiated after the party comes to power in the state. Punjab has suffered a lot due to the misdeeds of these officers who helped their political masters loot the state. The response from the volunteers, especially against police officers, was huge.AAP special team member
“Officials Get Away As Both SAD-BJP, Cong Are Corrupt”
Shergill has reportedly been receiving leads on the “corrupt” from volunteers and public.
“See, what has happened in Punjab is that there are politicians and there are some officers who, along with these politicians, have broken all records in corruption. Corruption is so rampant that this state used to be number one and look where it is now. Not just that, in their greed for money, these people have put Punjabi youth on drugs. Due to fake pesticides, so many farmers have committed suicide. Our list has corrupt ministers and politicians… Everything will be there with corroborative evidence… Such strict action will be taken against them that nobody will dare do what they have done,” he told the daily.
He said there is “evidence” against officials who have been getting away “because both the parties (SAD-BJP and Congress) are corrupt”.
Several names of revenue and transport officers have also cropped up. There have also been numerous complaints against the police, the report stated.
(Source: Indian Express)
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