DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Punjab President and Member of Parliament Bhagwant Mann took a stern notice of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President and MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu's revelations about illegal occupation of 900 acres of government land and shamlat in the area of District SAS Nagar (Mohali) adjoining the capital (Chandigarh) by two former Chief Ministers. Mr. Bhagwant Mann demanded immediate action from Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi and also asked the government to identify the two former Chief Ministers who had encroached land worth Rs. 1.5 lakh crore in just one district. The government should also explain the reasons or compulsions that are stopping them from taking action against such a large scale land mafia? In a statement issued from the party headquarters here on Monday, Bhagwant Mann said that on the basis of the report of Justice Kuldip Singh Commission, Navjot Singh Sidhu had stated that 900 acres of land worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore had been illegally acquired by the families of two former Chief Ministers only. The names of the two former chief ministers must have been mentioned in the report, then why is the Congress party and the their government refraining from making their names public? Navjot Singh Sidhu should also explain why he is reluctant to name these politicians. State President Bhagwant Mann said that if the governments have the guts to take over the possession by removing the illegal occupations of the above two former Chief Ministers, then the entire debt of all the farmers and farm laborers of Punjab could be compensated, which is amounting to about Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Mann said that the Justice Kuldip Singh Commission constituted in 2012 had submitted its report in 2013 to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the illegal and improper occupation of government and communal lands around Chandigarh by politicians, high officials and other cronies. But despite the passage of 8 long years, the Congress and SAD-BJP governments have not shown the courage to act on this report, as these politicians are involved too. (editor@dailyworld.in)