category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Taking serious note of the CM Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party Government s lax approach towards reviving the economic condition of the state, Punjab s Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Partap Singh Bajwa on Sunday said that without sincere efforts and due diligence fiscal health of fund-starved state cannot be built up. Senior Congress Leader, Bajwa, while referring to the media reports about the data on fiscal indicators for the April-December 2022 period released by the comptroller and auditor general (CAG). As per news reports, it is unlikely for the AAP government in Punjab to achieve the revenue target in the financial year of 2022-23. The government in the first nine months has only managed to gather Rs 60,096 crore from tax and non-tax revenues as well as grants-in-aid from the central government, whereas the budget estimate was Rs 95,378 crores for the financial year. Before assembly elections in February 2022, both Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal told many fairytales. They told many speculative stories relating to generating revenue from numerous sources. But after coming to the power, all their promises remained futile to yield a constructive outcome, said LoP. Qadian Legislator Bajwa said that AAP National convener Arvind Kejriwal had assured that he would shut down the illegal sand mining, which would consequently generate 20,000 crores in revenue that would benefit the people. He made similar claims to improve the financial situation of the state by ending corruption and from other sources. Where have all his strategies gone now The experts have already anticipated that Punjab s debt would cross Rs 3 lakh crore by the end of this financial year. Whenever CM Mann goes out to woo investors from other states, the existing entrepreneurs leave Punjab. This means there are some faults in its policy matter that need to be mended , LoP added. (editor dailyworld.in)