Manpreet tells Badals to follow Khattar on austerity
Monday, 17/11/2014
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Chandigarh :People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief and former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to follow the example being set by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in austerity by travelling in public transport instead of chartered planes and helicopters.
“If Khattar can travel to Delhi by Shatabdi Express, there is no reason why Punjab leaders should go to nearby places such as Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala in helicopters, when the state is virtually bankrupt. There have been examples when the Chief Minister travelled to even Mohali from his residence by air. A state like Punjab cannot sustain such ostentatious lifestyle. It is the rulers who have to set the example,” he said in a statement released here.
