Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to launch anti-corruption helpline

Punjab government has decided to launch a helpline for citizens to report matters related to corruption. Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party's Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced that  the helpline number will be launched on March 23, the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. "The anti-corruption helpline number will be my personal number... If anybody asks for bribe, send audio and video on that number," he said in a tweet. "I am not threatening any govt employee as 99 per cent of govt employees are honest but 1 percent of such employees are corrupt which has rotted the system. Only AAP can clean this corrupt system," he added in the tweet.

In his first meeting with police and administration officials on Thursday, Mann stressed on the need for a corruption-free government. "Corrupt officers have no place in my government and if any such complaint comes to my notice, then don't expect any sort of sympathy for such officers," he told the officials who had assembled at the Chief Minister's Office. The Chief Minister also announced reward for both civil and police officers. The "Best Performance Award" will be given quarterly for making a difference in the lives of common man at the grassroots level, besides ensuring free and fair justice.