Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal showered reward on his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann following his determination to take away his Health minister Vijay Singla from the state cupboard over expenses of corruption in opposition to him. In a video message on Twitter, Kejriwal mentioned that all the nation was pleased with him for adopting zero-tolerance to corruption.
“Nobody knew about this (the corruption)…neither the media nor the Opposition. Mann could have easily made some arrangement with the minister and demanded a share for himself. This is how it has been until now. He could have brushed it under the carpet. But he did not do any of that. Instead, he himself took action against his minister. Bhagwant, we are proud of you. The whole of Punjab is proud of you. The nation is proud of you,” Kejriwal mentioned in a video deal with shared on Twitter.
Praising Mann’s motion, the Delhi CM then drew a parallel together with his personal determination to sack the Delhi Food minister after allegations of corruption surfaced in opposition to him in 2016. “AAP is a staunchly honest party. We will not shy away from acting against our own people if they are proven to be involved in corruption,” he mentioned.
Kejriwal additional targetted the Opposition events for failing to behave in opposition to corruption. He mentioned that each one governments to this point have “had a setting” amongst themselves the place they didn’t act in opposition to one another, not to mention their very own.
“It is for the first time that a party is taking action against its own people. This is the first government in the world that takes strict action as soon as it comes to know of an act of corruption, even if it is committed by their own,” he added.
Justifying his determination to sack the minister from his Cabinet earlier within the day, Mann mentioned that it was primarily based on his information of the minister allegedly demanding one p.c fee for tenders.
“I am taking strict action against the minister. I am removing him from the cabinet,” Mann mentioned, including that Singla had confessed to wrongdoings.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”