Chandigarh [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab's Anti-Corruption Branch on Tuesday arrested Punjab Minister Vijay Singla following corruption allegations against him.

Chandigarh [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday sacked state's Health Minister Vijay Singla following complaints of corruption against him.

Chandigarh Mar 28 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced the rollout of the doorstep ration delivery scheme saying the poor will no longer need to stand in queues as good quality ration will be delivered at their doorstepHowever the scheme will be optional for the eligible beneficiaries Mann said in a video message Mann said the details of this scheme will be made available shortly The AAP government has decided to start the doorstep delivery of ration scheme Under the scheme good quality ration items will be delivered at the beneficiaries doorstep and no one will now need to stand in queues or leave his work for this he saidOur officers will make a phone call to the beneficiaries and ration will be delivered at their homes as per their convenience and availability said MannHe said this scheme is optionalThe Punjab chief minister said if the ration depot is very close to your home one may fetch the ration from thereMann said the Arvind Kejriwal government had started this scheme in Delhi too but unfortunately it was stopped But in Punjab we are going to implement this scheme and we will run it successfullyMann said it is sad that even 75 years after countrys independencethe poor and common people still have to stand in long queues outside ration depots to get their rationIn this age of digitalization various items of daily needs including food items are delivered at peoples doorsteps at one phone call he saidBut on many occasions poor people most of whom are daily wagers have to give up their days work for taking ration from fair price shops The person who is living hand to mouth if he has to leave his days work to fetch his ration how sad it is I know many elderly women who have to walk two km to get their ration from depots whose quality is sometimes not that good said MannHe said now people will get rid of all these thingsGovernments are for the people they are elected by the people and governments should be to facilitate people and not to harass them or create problems for them he pointed outYou beneficiaries will get good quality ration what people commonly consume what rich consume you will get the same flour pulses he saidEarlier on March 19 Mann in the first decision of his first Cabinet meeting threw open 25000 jobs in various state government departments including 10000 in the Police Department In last months Punjab Assembly polls the AAP stormed to power decimating the Congress the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party combine and the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD Sanyukt allianceThe Congress which was in power in the state got 18 seats in the 117-member assembly while the AAP won 92 seats PTI SUN VSD TDS TDS