Fatehgarh Sahib, October 28
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday said the days of mafia raj in Punjab were over and the rule of the people would prevail. Addressing a function organised to distribute cheques to the beneficiaries of various schemes here, he recounted his achievements as Chief Minister and said he would not rest until the 18-point agenda was fully implemented.
He said all illegally operating buses were being impounded and the back of the transport mafia run by influential families had been broken. Similarly, he said, sand and cable mafias would meet the same fate.
The CM had come directly from Delhi in a helicopter after meeting AICC leader Rahul Gandhi. He said he belonged to a middle-class family and knew all their problems and, therefore, would leave no stone unturned to improve their lot. Appreciating MLA Kuljit Singh Nagra for preferring to work for the party instead of becoming a minister, he said he had given him a blank cheque for his constituency’s development. — OC
‘Days of mafia raj over’
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