JALANDHAR: The civil aviation division of Punjab authorities has acquired payments of over Rs 44. 85 lakh for the plane employed for chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s go to to Gujarat from April 1to 3, when he had gone there with Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to just about launch their occasion’s marketing campaign as meeting elections are due in December subsequent.
Responding to a RTI utility filed by Bathinda resident Harmilap Singh Grewal, in search of particulars of quantity spent on Mann’s visits to Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the state civil aviation division has disclosed that the division had the acquired payments amounting to Rs 44,85,967 for the plane employed for the go to of the Punjab CM to Gujarat from April 1 to three.
In regards to the Himachal go to, the RTI reply stated that he visited the hill state on April 6 by the state authorities helicopter and the expenditure incurred on the person go to of the helicopter couldn't be ascertained.
“Earlier than coming to energy, Mann would ridicule then chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi for his helicopter use inside Punjab, however now he's hiring non-public jet for go to to different state.
His go to to Gujarat and Himachal have been purely for the aim of campaigning for the occasion and had nothing to do with functioning of the state authorities or for the advantage of Punjab,” stated Grewal. Grewal was initially with AAP and however later left the occasion and on this meeting election he contested as Sanyukt Samaj Morcha candidate from Bathinda.
Other than visiting different locations, together with Sabarmati Ashram, Kejriwal and Mann had additionally taken out a roadshow in Ahmedabad and in his tackle, Mann had stated that now after Delhi and Punjab that they had come for Gujarat.