Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- The leader of opposition, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Monday cornered the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab over "unkept promise of generating a revenue of Rs.20,000 crore annually from sand mining as committed by ruling party's convener Arvind Kejriwal ahead of 2022 state assembly elections".

"The average revenue from mining is Rs.288 crore as a total of Rs.864 crore has been generated during three years of AAP government. I want to ask the government where has the balance of the promised revenue of Rs.59,000 crore evaporated," asked Bajwa while speaking during the zero hour in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The figure ( Rs.288 crore) Bajwa cited is barely 1.44% of Rs.20,000 crore.

Bajwa alleged, "A relative of a m...