Amritsar, Sep 27: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday demanded the Bhangwant Mann government to release a white paper on the state of Punjab economy, saying the “debt burden” on the state has skyrocketed ever since the AAP government came to power.
“The Bhagwant Mann government has miserably failed to rationalise the state economy as the debt on every Punjabi has started getting overbearing,” he said in a statement.
Chugh said there have been reports that the Bahgwant Mann government now wants to mortgage the bus stands in the state to raise funds. He demanded the AAP government to come clear on the matter and also define what are the financial constraints that are driving it to resort to such desperate measures.
The BJP leader recalled how the state’s Governor had pointed out the outrageous debt of Rs 50,000 crores that the AAP government had raised in its tenure of the last two years.
It was unprecedented and the state government needs to explain it because Punjab cannot be held to ransom by the Bhagwant Mann government, Chugh said.
