Chandigarh | Jagran News Desk: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday sacked state health minister Vijay Singla following complaints of corruption against him. “I am taking strict action against the minister. I am removing him from the cabinet,” the chief minister said in a video message, adding that “there would be zero tolerance to corruption”.
As per the chief minister, Singla was allegedly demanding a 1 per cent commission from officials for contracts. The CM said that the action was taken after concrete evidence was found against Vijay Singla. Mann further claimed that Singla had admitted to wrongdoings.
Vijay Singla is an MLA from the Mansa Assembly seat in Punjab. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has also ordered the registration of an FIR against the minister.
“The people have voted for an AAP government with a lot of hope, we have to live up to it. As long as mother India has a son like Arvind Kejriwal and a soldier like Bhagwant Mann, the great war against corruption will continue,” Mann said in his video message.
