Delhi-Like Power Play In Punjab? Kejriwal's Three Major Promises Ahead Of Polls 2022

Addressing the poll-bound Punjab on Tuesday, Arvind Kejriwal announced 24-hour electricity, 300 units free, a waiving of previous power bills.

Arvind Kejriwal (Image: ANI/Twitter)

Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal has promised a huge incentive for votes in the coming Punjab assembly polls which are expected to be held next year. 

Addressing the public in poll-bound Punjab on Tuesday, Arvind Kejriwal announced 24-hour electricity, 300 units free, a waiving of previous power bills.

 

Recalling his Delhi electricity model, AAP leader and Delhi CM said, "When we fought polls for the first time in Delhi in 2013, people used to get absurd electricity bills. The government was colluding with electricity companies, just like Punjab. Today there's 24-hour electricity in Delhi at a very low rate. We've to do this in Punjab." 

"We'll do three major works here. 1st, we'll provide 300 units of free electricity to every family. 2nd, all pending domestic electricity bills will be waived off and connection of people will be restored. Third, 24 hours electricity will be provided," Kejriwal said. 

During his earlir visit to Punjab, AAP supremo announced that the party’s chief minister candidate in Punjab will be from the Sikh community. “It will be someone whom the whole of Punjab feels proud of,” Kejriwal said. “We feel it’s the Sikh community’s right,” he added in his address during the day-long visit to Amritsar on June 21.  

AAP is expanding its base in Punjab, which goes to the polls next year. Earlier, AAP announced that they would be contesting in Punjab Assembly Elections 2022.

A day before leaving for Chandigarh, AAP alleged the Punjab Chief Minister’s office refused to give permission to Kejriwal’s press conference, which was scheduled to be held at the Punjab Bhavan on Tuesday.