Punjab Congress’s Pratap Singh Bajwa ripped apart CM Bhagwant Mann on Friday over the ‘VIP culture claims. The RTI query said that the Aam Aadmi leader had 42 vehicles in his convoy while travelling.
“Shocking revelation…” Bajwa tweeted, “Badal had 33 vehicles when he was CM from 2007-17 in his cavalcade… no change when Captain Amarinder S became CM but it has been revealed through RTI that CM Mann – ‘the so-called Aam Aadmi’ – has 42 cars in his cavalcade.”
“In the past, Mr Mann used to question what ‘kings and maharajas’ do with a convoy of so many vehicles. Will CM Mann himself clarify now what he is doing with the convoy of 42 vehicles?”
The state’s transport commissioner provided the RTI reply that covered the period from March 2007 to September.
A screenshot of the RTI response indicated Mann had more vehicles than three of his predecessors.
It showed that Charanjit Channi – who replaced Amarinder Singh as the Congress chief minister – added six cars to a convoy of 39 vehicles.
Partap Bajwa is the Leader of the Opposition in Punjab, where the AAP routed the Congress after the February election; the party won 92 of 117 seats.