Punjab Chief Minister calls on PM Modi, demands special financial package for revival of state's economy

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann yesterday sought a special financial package worth  1 lakh crore rupees from the Centre for the revival of the state’s economy besides ensuring holistic development and welfare of its people.

In a Press release, the state government said, Bhagwant Mann, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his office at Parliament House in New Delhi this afternoon. Apprising the Prime Minister about the fiscal position of the state, Bhagwant Mann said that the



previous governments have left a whopping burden of 3 lakh crore rupees on the state and demanded an immediate financial package of Rs.50,000 crore each for two years to the stable derailed economy of the state.

Terming the outcome of his maiden meeting with the Prime Minister after assuming the charge as Chief Minister as positive, Bhagwant Mann said the former promised all possible support and complete cooperation to make Punjab a vibrant state (rangla Punjab).