category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Senior congress leader Punjab s leader of the opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday slammed the Bhagwant Mann government for not acting tough against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Bathinda (rural) Amit Rattan Kotfatta who has been caught red handed seeking bribe from a sarpanch. Bajwa said he was astonished to learn that the Punjab vigilance bureau has only nabbed Kotfatte s PA Risham Garg while Kotfatte has been allowed to go scot free. Is this the way AAP leaders such as Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal who have been occupying top constitutional posts in both Delhi and Punjab want to deal with the corruption in their own party. Have they both forgotten about their promise to observe zero tolerance towards corruption or they have given up only for the sake of being in power , questioned Bajwa. Bajwa said Ghudda village sarpanch Seema Rani and his husband Prithpal Kumar had approached the vigilance bureau against Kotfatte with the hope that the investigating agency would act tough against the AAO legislator. In the complaint Prithpal Kumar clearly said that Kottefatte was demanding Rs. 5 Lakh as commission or bribe to release Rs. 25 lakh grant that had come for the development of the Ghudda village. In fact after the vigilance bureau failed to book the MLA in the corruption case Prithpal Kumar had to make the audio clip viral on the social media in which Kotfatta could be clearly heard asking for Rs. 5 lakh in installment for releasing the grant , added Bajwa. Bajwa said it was common knowledge among the people that Kotfatte was being protected by none other than Raghav Chadha the Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab. Raghav Chadha played a similar role of a mediator when former AAP cabinet minister Fauja Singh Sarari was caught on the audio tape talking to his MLA Tarsem Lal Kappor planning to extract money from the contractors . Bajwa said it was only after his consistent pressure being the leader of the opposition that Bhagwant Mann finally had to budge and drop Sarari from the cabinet. This time too Bhagwant Mann should immediately take action against his MLA failing which the congress party would be forced to take the issue to the people of Punjab , added Bajwa. (editor dailyworld.in)