‘Punjab Cong MLAs to declare assets every year’
Tuesday, 04/10/2016
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Talwandi Sabo : Punjab Congress Legislature Party chief Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said the party MLAs elected in February 2017 elections will declare their assets every year.
Channi, who ended his 7-day ‘Jawani Sambhal Yatra’ here, said eradication of corruption, unemployment and the menace of drugs will be the three top most priorities of Congress.
“The feedback, I got from the people on way was they want to change the system, so Congress will give them this option. We will first put our house in order and make everything accountable and transparent,” he said.
“It is in this context that the party MLAs will make public their income tax returns every year,” he said. On the issue of putting an end to drug menace, Channi promised two-pronged strategy, both long-term and short-term.
“Action will be taken immediately to end the supply chain by taking action against the front men. The party will also order time-bound judicial probe with report to be submitted within three months to take action against political leaders patronising drug mafia,” he said.
He also said the cases pertaining to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia of corruption and drugs will be reopened and time-bound inquiry will be conducted. Slamming Badal government for “selling dreams” to youths of Punjab, Channi said Badals promised every youth unemployment allowance of Rs 1,000 per month. “But till today, only 1,913 unemployed were paid this allowance in whole of Punjab since 2012,” he alleged. He stated that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was misleading youth in Punjab by offering lakhs of jobs while its performance in Delhi on this crucial front was “virtually nill”.
The cycle yatra had commenced from Chamkaur Sahib. In-total, 25 assembly constituencies out of total 117 were covered in this yatra and 1,000 cyclists accompanied Channi from Chamkaur Sahib.
