In a fresh attack at the Congress-ruled Punjab, chief of party’s state unit Navjot Singh Sidhu said that “Punjab is the most indebted state in India”.
In a series of tweets, Sidhu said that the state government should not “derail from real issues to which every Punjabi and party worker demands solution”.
“Today Punjab is the most indebted state in India. Debt accounts for 50% of State GDP. Half of our expenditure is funded by expensive debt. Lets not derail from real issues to which every Punjabi & party worker demands solution, because there’s #PunjabBeyond2022,” he said in a tweet.
“Financial Accountability and Transparency are pillars of Punjab Model. Accountability demands revealing sources of funds at every scheme announcement, whether from income or from more debt. Transparency demands making public state’s fiscal health every month,” he added.
The Punjab Congress chief has been attacking his own party’s government in the state of late over a range of issues, including sacrilege cases and drug trafficking.
Underlining that borrowing is not the way forward, Sidhu said that taxes should go back to the people in the form of development
“Taxes should not go to settle debt but go back to the people in the form of development. Solution oriented model is to stop theft of State’s resources, fill up public exchequer and create a Welfare State through income generation,” he said in another tweet.
