Channi: Akali govt mortgaged properties worth `3,900 crore
Monday, 25/07/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Leader of Opposition Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday accused SADBJP government of mortgaging government properties of `3,954 crore through Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authorities (PUDA) between April 2012 and April 2016.
He demanded a CBI inquiry into the loan raised by the state government. “Badals have to tell the people of Punjab for taking this decision and mortgaging the prime properties,” Channi said.
He said that PUDA Sugar Mill sites at Jagraon, Budhalada and Faridkot have been mortgaged with Canara Bank, Chandigarh,
For raising a loan to the tune of `750 crore.