AAP govt has turned into commission agent for realtors; Mann and Kejriwal aggregators: Jakhar
Earlier on Tuesday, Jakhar had demanded a probe by the Income Tax (IT) department into the income of the state's political leaders to ascertain how much assets they possess now and how much they had before joining politics.
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"The true intent is to track the money trail by following the US dictum of 'follow the money' by tracking the person who is the end-beneficiary of ill-gotten wealth through corruption," BJP chief Sunil Jakhar.
(File Photo)Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar Friday accused the AAP government of turning into “commission agents for real estate houses” and said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal are acting as land agregators.
“The AAP regime is colluding with real estate developers to illegally usurp the prime agricultural land of Ludhiana by hoodwinking and cheating the innocent farmers. People of Ludhiana on June 19 will cast their ballot against this move to illegally acquire their land and they would weed out AAP’s corruption,” Jakhar said.
He was addressing reporters in Ludhiana on Friday along with Union Minister Ravneet Bittu and BJP candidate Jeewan Gupta.
He was replying to queries on the Punjab government’s move to acquire nearly 24,000 acres of land near Ludhiana for developing urban estates.
Jakhar also demanded a high court-monitored probe to ascertain if the “corruption money” allegedly being collected from drug trade and other illegal activities was reaching politicians.
The true intent is to track the money trail by following the US dictum of ‘follow the money’ by tracking the person who is the end-beneficiary of ill-gotten wealth through corruption.
Leaders, from top to bottom, of all parties should be probed for ascertaining the source of this turn of fortunes of these leaders, he said.
Jakhar also questioned Mann’s commitment to fighting corruption and drug abuse in the state.
Jakhar said while the chief minister repeatedly claims to eradicate corruption and drugs, nothing concrete is being done on the ground.
“You claimed to have files of all the corrupt leaders and asked others to look you in the eye. Yet, no action has been taken against a single one. Why is only a select group like tehsildars being targeted? If you truly have evidence, take action, start from your own house,” he said referring to Mann’s earlier statements.
Jakhar, who was talking to reporters here, urged Ludhiana West voters to “vote wisely” in the bypoll.
“The people are being fooled and Punjab is paying the price,” he said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Jakhar had demanded a probe by the Income Tax (IT) department into the income of the state’s political leaders to ascertain how much assets they possess now and how much they had before joining politics.
The BJP leader was then replying to a query on a statement made by state Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, seeking a dope test of the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders in the state.
“Before conducting the dope test, I request that the Income Tax department be allowed to conduct an ‘income trail test’ of the state’s political leaders,” said Jakhar, adding that he never took any money from any drug seller.
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