PUNJAB CM BHAGWANT MANN GAVE HIS PERSONAL WHATSAPP NUMBER TO CHECKOUT CORRUPTION

(The Quiver) : “My personal WhatsApp number”. “If anyone asks you for a bribe, send it to me by recording a video/audio of it. Strict action will be taken against the corrupt”.The newly joined Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann made such announcement on Thursday,to put a check on the corruption going in Punjab.

He announced that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched on March 23,on the the death anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. He said, ” the helpline will be my personal WhatsApp number”. The CM said the helpline is exclusively for the people to upload videos of corrupt officers, who demand bribes for their day-to-day work or indulge in other malpractices so that such corrupt officers could be punished .

Addressing his first meeting after becoming the CM, Mann said, “Corrupt officers have no place in my government and if any such complaint comes to my notice, then don’t expect any sort of sympathy for such officers”. Further adding to it he said,”no leader would harass any officers for extortion.”

Mann further said , “people who have given us an opportunity to serve the state are the real rulers in the democracy having the power to make the leaders rule or show them the door”. “Our prime concern should be to make our state as real Punjab, not the London, California or Paris,” he said at the meeting.

The CM, meanwhile, also announced to reward both civil and police officers with a ‘Best Performance Award’ quarterly for making a difference in the lives of the common man at the grassroots level.

He asked the administration to discharge their duties “fearlessly without any political pressure”. Speaking about the vendetta politics.He said , “I don’t keep a red diary like the earlier political parties and have only green one so you need not worry about any vendetta”.

Mann has also announced , “A big decision will be taken today in the interest of Punjab. No one in the history of Punjab has taken such a decision to date. Will be announcing it shortly”.