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Punjab CM reiterates zero tolerance policy against corruption

Chandigarh, May 23 (UNI) After the arrest of Jalandhar Central AAP MLA Raman Arora in an alleged corruption case, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann reiterated his government's zero tolerance policy against corruption. CM Mann said that no officer or politician, however affluent he or she may be, if found involved in corruption will be spared.

In a video message, the CM said that today’s action of the arrest of the ruling party MLA is once again a clear message that there is no pick and choose in this fight against corruption.
He said that mere affiliation to the ruling party or the opposition does not give license of corruption to the officer or leader adding that the government will take exemplary action against such people. Mann said that any sort of involvement in corruption cannot be tolerated and no mercy will be adopted against a person indulged in this sin.
Mann said that they assumed the charge of office in 2022 and since then a crusade against corruption has been launched.
He said that they had given guarantee to people that corruption in the echelons of the government will not be tolerated and severest of severe action will be taken against those involved in it.
He categorically said that the termite of corruption has made the system hollow as those involved in this crime had mercilessly plundered taxpayer’s money.
He said that this fight is against the corrupt system and not any single individual adding that it will continue till it is not eliminated completely. Mann said that the state government cannot be a mute spectator of open loot of traders and shopkeepers by those misusing their power and blackmailing of innocents along with extortion of money from them by powerful politicians in connivance with the officers is intolerable.

Exhorting the people to be an integral part of the anti-corruption drive, he said that the government will take action on the complaints lodged by them against corrupt elements. He said that if anyone harasses or creates inordinate delay or obstacles in their work for corrupt motives, the common man should come forward and complain against them adding that the state government will take decisive action against them.
“For us corrupt is corrupt, whether ours or others, and I promise you anyone whose hands are drenched in corruption will not be spared by my government,” added Mann.
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