Sunil Jakhar launches scathing attack at CM Bhagwant Mann, makes CAG report over SDRF funds public
PTC News Desk: Bhartiya Janata Party's Punjab President Sunil Jakhar has launched a scathing attack on chief minister Bhagwant Mann over the issue of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
Jakhar's attack comes as makes a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) public. Notably, the Chief Minister had earlier claimed that he had no knowledge about the ₹12,000-crore SDRF lying with Punjab.
He took to his social media and shared the report while addressing CM Bhagwant Mann adn wrote, “This is the CAG report, which clearly states that as of March 31, 2023, Punjab had ₹9,041.74 crore of SDRF funds, and according to the report, in violation of central government rules, the state government did not even make proper investments of this amount.”
ਭਗਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਾਨ ਜੀ ਆਹ ਰਹੇ ਐਸ ਡੀ ਆਰ ਐਫ ਦੇ ਪੈਸੇ।
ਇਹ ਕੈਗ ਦੀ ਰਿਪੋਰਟ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੜੀ ਸਪਸ਼ਟਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਦਰਜ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਕੋਲ 31 ਮਾਰਚ 2023 ਨੂੰ ਐਸਡੀ ਆਰ ਐਫ ਦੇ 9041.74 ਕਰੋੜ ਰੁਪਏ ਪਏ ਸਨ ਅਤੇ ਰਿਪੋਰਟ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਨਿਯਮਾਂ ਦਾ ਉਲੰਘਣ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ ਸੂਬਾ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਉਚਿਤ ਨਿਵੇਸ਼ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀਇਸ ਤੋਂ… pic.twitter.com/9FxhJg7TxJ — Sunil Jakhar (@sunilkjakhar) September 13, 2025
In his tweet, he further wrote: “Even after that, funds for the years 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26 have been released, which together make a total of ₹12,000 crore. Chief Minister Sahib, even your Chief Secretary, in your presence during a press conference, reluctantly admitted this, and your ministers have also accepted it. Now it would be better if you apologise to the people of Punjab for misleading them and ensure that this amount is properly used to provide relief to the people.”
- With inputs from agencies
