Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Thursday, announced that his government will launch an anti-corruption helpline on March 23, on Shaheed Diwas, the death anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The chief minister said this helpline will be his personal WhatsApp number.
"If someone demands a bribe from you, don't refuse, make a video/audio recording and send it to that number. My office will investigate and no culprit will be spared," the CM assured.
Endorsing the anti-corruption helpline, AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal too asked people not to refuse bribe when someone asks for it, but record the same and send it to the helpline number.
"We assure you that immediately strict action will be taken," he said.
Mann also urged the top brass of state civil and police administration to discharge their duties as public servants in the letter and spirit.
In the morning, Mann, said he would be taking a major decision soon. "A very big decision will be taken today in the interest of the people of Punjab. No one in the history of Punjab would have taken such a decision till date. I'll announce shortly....” he had said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu heaped praises on Mann saying the new Punjab chief minister has unfurled a "new anti-mafia era in Punjab" and hoped he would rise to the expectations of the people. "The happiest man is the one from whom no one expects...Bhagwant Mann unfurls a new anti-mafia era in Punjab with a mountain of expectations...hope he rises to the occasion, brings back Punjab on the revival path with pro-people policies...best always," Sidhu said in a tweet.
