The matter which has put the Bhagwant Mann government of Punjab in trouble, the opposition parties have demanded the arrest of cabinet minister Fauja Singh Sarari.
The opposition, including the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), has uncovered audio tapes in which the Defense Services Welfare and Food Processing Minister is purportedly heard discussing the scheme with his Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to extort money from contractors. has gone.
Sarri has denied the allegations and claimed the audio tapes are “fake”.
Senior Congress leader Sukhpal Khaira put up the clip on Twitter, demanding action against the minister.
Now it’s a test @Bhagwant Mann On the issue of corruption in high places he arrested Dr. Singla on charges that were never made public, but in the case of Minister Sarri his audio on corruption is in the public domain? If he retains Sarari it would mean that the action against Singla was bogus. pic.twitter.com/wDJExG5vpD
— Sukhpal Singh Khaira (@sukhpalkhaira) 11 September 2022
The people of Punjab are deeply saddened to see which rotten leaders they have chosen in the name of slogan of “Badwaal”. @Aam Aadmi Party , This food minister is conspiring to extort money by laying a trap! Such blatant corruption is unheard of! let’s see what action @Bhagwant Mann Takes? pic.twitter.com/FF1e7VBzjY
— Sukhpal Singh Khaira (@sukhpalkhaira) 11 September 2022
State Congress chief Amarinder Raja Warring and Punjab’s Leader of Opposition (LoP) Pratap Singh Bajwa said it has not even been six months to the AAP government and another minister was caught indulging in corrupt practices. “At this rate, in the next two years, we could see a dozen of his ministers getting jailed,” the leaders said.
Waring said the government had previously sacked the health minister and jailed him on similar charges. “This time the matter is already public with the minister’s audio clip and let’s see what action the government takes,” he said.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter. “The OSD has said on record that the audio tapes are genuine and now it is up to the government to hand over the tapes as well as the full set of charges against Sarri to the CBI so that they can be fully investigated,” he said. Media.
Demanding Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to explain why no action was taken against Sarri, Majithia said, “In the case of former Health Minister Vijay Kumar Singla, the Chief Minister claimed that he had seen a video in which Singla was convicted and that is why he was sacking him besides registering a case in the matter.
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