Punjab Congress on Sunday accused the SAD-BJP Government for looting looted the people of the State in the last 10-year-rule.
“Not only Badals, but their coterie of Ministers have also done huge loss to the public exchequer,” alleged the leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Charanjit Singh Channi, on the basis of information provided under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by party’s RTI cell head Dr Jasdeepak Singh.
“Just six Ministers used their private vehicles as official ones traversing more than 7,08,000 kms and claiming more than Rs 1.17 crore from the state exchequer,” said Channi.
As per the information provided by the Cabinet affairs branch of general administration department, Surjit Singh Rakhra, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Surjit Jayani, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Sikandar Singh Maluka and Sohan Singh Thandal were accorded sanction to use their private vehicle as the official just for few months or maximum for two years.
He said that the General Administration Department accorded the sanction to six Ministers for using private vehicles at rate of Rs 15 or Rs 18 per km and salary of the driver and maintenance of the vehicle at rate of Rs 10,000 per month.
“Maluka tops the chart by claiming 2,91,807 kms for 39 months for using his private vehicle and claiming fuel reimbursement of Rs 45,36,754 from the Government,” pointed Channi.
Second amongst the Ministers is Gulzar Singh Ranike who claimed 2,22,441 kms in just 26 months amounting to Rs 37,44,827. He was followed closely by Jayani who claimed 75,080 kms in eight months amounting to Rs 12,30,408.
Rakhra claimed reimbursement of Rs 11,05,815 with the consumption of 62,164 kms in nine months, while Janmeja Singh Sekhon claimed 34,696 kms in eight months amounting to Rs 6,43,080, and Thandal claimed 21650 kms in three months amounting to Rs 4,19,700.