The Cabinet also approved the formation of the “Punjab Tirth Yatra Samiti” to facilitate pilgrimage for residents of Punjab through air, rail, road, or any other means under the Mukh Mantri Tirth Yatra Scheme.Additionally, Punjab Information and Communication Technology Corporation Ltd. (PICTC) has been designated as the sole provider of digital signatures for all government departments and organisations. The Cabinet has also given the green light to adopt the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024, enacted by Parliament.Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa called on the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to launch a similar probe in Punjab, following allegations of financial irregularities in the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s excise policy in Delhi.”As per the CAG report, the Delhi government incurred a loss of Rs 2,002 crore due to alleged irregularities in formulating and implementing the excise policy under the AAP regime in 2021-22. The report also revealed that the AAP government’s spending on advertising campaigns surged by 1,200 per cent between 2018 and 2022,” Bajwa said.Earlier in the day, Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar took a swipe at the government on X, suggesting that the presence of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in Chandigarh had unsettled the Punjab leadership.”Maybe it is the presence of Sh. Manish Sisodia ji in Chandigarh for the last couple of days that has caused sleepless nights and heightened blood pressure for the Punjab Chief Minister, because Sisodia ji has been preparing the Punjab liquor policy to be presented before the Chief Minister. I wish good health and good luck to Sh @BhagwantMann ji in the coming days. Ps. Beware Cheema Sahib, as the Excise Minister of Punjab, you wouldn’t like to meet the same fate as that of Sisodia ji,” Jakhar wrote.
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