Punjab: Congress released Rs 65 lakh for street lights but didn’t get it installed, says AAP leader

AAP leader from Dakha Dr KNS Kang on Tuesday said that the previous Congress government “embezzled a grant of Rs 65 lakh” that was released for installing street lights in 26 villages of Sidhwan Bet block of Dakha constituency ahead of Punjab Assembly elections in January this year.

Kang added that even as the cheques were signed and released, the lights were never installed. He added that not only the lights were purchased at inflated rates, they were also brought from the firm owned by a relative of Congress leader Captain Sandeep Sandhu, who had contested polls from Dakha. Kang alleged that the embezzled funds were probably used for Congress campaign in Punjab polls.