Aam Aadmi Party demands high level probe into Akali Dal government's misdeeds

The Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) on Wednesday demanded a high level probe into the wrongdoings of the previous Akali Dal-BJP led government in Punjab.

The reaction from the Opposition came after the newly elected state government announced that it will come up with a white paper on the financial position of the state government.

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AAP had demanded, that a period of 20 years should be covered in the proposed white paper being released by the Punjab government so that the people can analyse the performance of all ruling parties of that period. "Government should not wait for the release of white papers but the inquiry commission must start its work of investigation as soon as possible," Leader of Opposition, H S Phoolka said.

The chief whip of the AAP in Vidhan Sabha, Sukhpal Singh Khaira said that Punjab is under debt of nearly 2 lakh crore due to the corrupt practices adopted by previous governments and few political families. He demanded a high level committee under the chairmanship of a high court judge should be formed immediately to look into the matter related to sand, land, transport, cable and liquor mafia operated during last 10 years of rule in the state.

Khaira opposed the unnecessarily appointments of advisers to the government by Chief Minister Amrinder Singh and giving them ranks of ministers.

He said that the chief minister is going against his own commitment of adopting austerity measures to strengthen the financial situation of the state.

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