Brought tears …: Arvind Kejriwal as Bhagwant Mann sacks corrupt minister
India Today
Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla was removed from his post and the state cabinet on charges of corruption. Soon after his termination, Singla was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was extolled on Twitter by his party chief, Arvind Kejriwal, shortly after he sacked a minister over corruption charges. Bhagwant Mann’s action “brought tears to my eyes”, Kejriwal tweeted.
“Proud of you, Bhagwant. Ur action has brought tears to my eyes. Whole nation today feels proud of AAP,” the Delhi chief minister wrote.
Proud of you Bhagwant. Ur action has brought tears to my eyes.Whole nation today feels proud of AAP https://t.co/glg6LxXqgs
Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla was removed from his post and the state cabinet on charges of corruption. Soon after his termination, Singla was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
“I'm taking strict action against that minister, sacking him from the cabinet and directing the police to register a case against him. That minister is Vijay Singla. He had indulged in corruption in his department and also confessed to it. AAP has a zero-tolerance policy against corruption," Mann said in a nearly six-minute-long video that he posted on Twitter.
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“The Aam Aadmi Party was born to establish an honest system. Arvind Kejriwal has always said that we will not tolerate corruption even when it is one of our own. As soon as I got evidence of corruption against the health minister, I sacked him and ordered the registration of an FIR,” Mann had tweeted, announcing the sacking of his minister.
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