Malerkotla: Attacking opposition parties for patronising corruption and mafia, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has taken historic decisions in just three months which the previous governments failed to take in decades.
Mann said that corruption has now been stopped in government departments and the corrupt people to be lodged in jails.
CM also announced an auction of the properties of Pearls Group to refund the money to the victims of the Ponzi scam. He said that AAP government is going to acquire and auction properties of Pearls Group in the coming days.
Mann said that farmers sown direct paddy on 21 lakh acres and summer Moong crop on 1.25 lakh acres after the state government announced to start the procurement of the moong crop directly from farmers at a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 7,275 per quintal.
Holding road shows in Malerkotla and Mehal Kalan Assembly constituencies in support of party candidate Sarpanch Gurmail Singh, Mann urged people to ensure record-victory of Singh in the Sangrur by-election.
Lashing out at the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mann said that all senior leaders of Akali Dal were rejected by people in the assembly elections and now only their photos are missing from campaign posters in Sangrur while the SAD party will vanish from political map of Punjab in coming years.
Taking a dig at SAD chief Sukhbir Badal, Mann said that Badal used to talk about ruling Punjab for 25 years but now Akali Dal has only 3 MLAs. Even now they can come to the assembly on a scooter.
The Chief Minister made a scathing attack at the Congress and said that the party was trying to protect its corrupt former minister Dharamsot and held protests in his support.
Attacking BJP candidate, he said that turncoat like Kewal Dhillon can never serve the society as he is hungry for power. Taking another jibe at Simranjit Singh Mann, CM said that he is trying to set a record of most defeats in elections.