MANPREET SLAMS SUKHBIR’S ‘TALL’ CLAIMS
Tuesday, 22/09/2015
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CHANDIGARH: Debunking claims of Punjab being the number one state on the basis of a single parameter index, People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Badal called upon deputy CM Sukhbir Badal to stop misleading people at the cost of the exchequer as in the overall assessment in the same report, the World Bank (WB) had placed the state at the 16th rank, with Gujarat being at the top. “The World Bank report of course gives Punjab the first rank for setting up new business but what matters is the overall ranking that is based on eight specified parameters, on the basis of which Punjab is 16th,” he added. Manpreet said the WB ranking should be appreciated but it should not have been quoted by Sukhbir out of context to make tall claims and that too at the cost of the exchequer.
