Punjab CM Announces Anti-Corruption Helpline; Complaints To Be Lodged Via WhatsApp
Mumbai: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched on freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s Shaheedi Diwas on March 23.
People of the state will be able to lodge complaints regarding corruption via WhatsApp.
“99 per cent of people are honest, because of 1 per cent the system breaks down,” said Mann.
Mann had also taken to Twitter to post, “On the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh ji, we will launch the anti-corruption helpline number. That will be 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. Corruption will no longer work in Punjab.”
https://twitter.com/BhagwantMann/status/1504400986135097344?s=20&t=sSR0vhVGgCxDMGEYNe08jQ
A day after Mann assumed office, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government took the first step towards fulfilling the promises made during the state assembly elections a corruption-free government and controlling drug menace in the state that shares a border with Pakistan.
The AAP registered a landslide victory in recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, winning 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins.
Congress won 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly.
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