Chandigarh, May 24 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday dismissed Health Minister Dr Vijay Singla for seeking one per cent commission in the department headed by him.
"My government is having zero tolerance towards corruption and no one, howsoever affluent he may be, will be allowed to continue such malpractices," the Chief Minister said.
Mann categorically said that he had dismissed Dr Singla from his Cabinet and asked the police to register a case against him. He said that since the case was only in his knowledge, he could have easily ignored it.
However, Mann said that after taking oath at sacred soil of Khatkar Kalan, he had vowed to make Punjab corruption free and this is a step towards the cause.
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