Bhagwant Mann
Punjab's new CM Bhagwant Mann announces launch of anti-corruption helpline
Immediately after assuming office as Punjab's new Chief Minister, Aam Aadmi Party's Bhagwant Mann, announced the launch of an anti-corruption helpline today.
Mann said the helpline number will be launched on March 23, the death anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
"The anti-corruption helpline number will be my personal number... If anybody asks for bribe, send audio and video on that number," he said.
"I am not threatening any govt employee as 99 percent of govt employees are honest but 1 percent of such employees are corrupt which has rotted the system. Only AAP can clean this corrupt system," he added in a message on Koo.
The number has been launched for people to upload videos of corrupt officials who demand bribes to do their day-to-day duties or indulge in other malpractices.
Today, Mann also had his first meeting with police and administration officials where he stressed the need for corruption-free government.
"Corrupt officers have no place in my government and if any such complaint comes to my notice, then don't expect any sort of sympathy for such officers," he told the officials who had assembled at the Chief Minister's Office.
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