Make Jaitley’s letter public: Cong
Tuesday, 09/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140909/punjab.htm#7
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today dared Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to release the letter denying a special financial package to the state by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley last month. He said Badal had been “misleading” people by saying that the Centre had not denied the financial package and that he would pursue the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said the UPA had empowered the people through the RTI and the Chief Minister could not suppress any information.
“Badal must make the letter public to corroborate his claim that the package has not been denied”, he said.
Bajwa said in the context of disclosures made by Jaitley that the Punjab Government had been receiving “excess” funds during the UPA regime, the state government must come out with a fact-sheet pertaining to the last 10 years on the state’s finances.
The PPCC chief urged the Chief Minister to also clear the mist about the special term loan extended to the state government during the days of terrorism. He reminded Badal that he had organised a special function in Jalandhar to thank the Centre when the loan waiver was announced.
"Now Badal blames the loan for all ills of the state without mentioning as to how many installments have been waived by the Centre and in case there were arrears, what is the reason behind it," he asked.
