Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched in the nation on Shaheed Diwas on March 23.
The newly elected chief minister said that people will be able to resort complaints against corruption by way of WhatsApp.
“99 per cent of humans are honest, due to the fact of 1 per cent the gadget breaks down,” said Mann.
Mann had additionally 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 private WhatsApp number. If anyone asks you for a bribe, send it to me by way of recording a video/audio of it. A strict action will be taken towards the corrupt. Corruption will no longer work in Punjab.”
A day after Mann assumed office, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab authorities took the first step toward satisfying the promises which it had made at some stage in the run-up to the nation meeting polls – a corruption-free authorities and controlling drug menace in the nation that shares a border with Pakistan.
The AAP registered a landslide victory in recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, triumphing ninety two seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress gained 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly.