Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised that if his party comes to power in Gujarat in the upcoming assembly elections, it will ensure round-the-clock power supply in the state and waive off last year’s bills.
Delhi said, “After 3 months of forming the government in Gujarat, we will make electricity free. There is a plan to provide employment to the youth, unemployment allowance will be given to the unemployed. Hospitals, schools will be built in villages on the lines of Delhi model.” CM and National Convenor of AAP Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi Chief Minister is on a two-day visit to BJP-ruled Gujarat, where assembly elections are due later this year.
Last month, Kejriwal had promised that his party would provide free electricity up to 300 units per month if voted to power in Gujarat. He also said that electricity dues will be waived off by December 2021 if AAP comes to power in the state, where the BJP has been in power since 1998. The free electricity scheme in Gujarat will be implemented within three months of the assembly elections. promised.
On criticism of ‘Rewari culture’ or distribution of free gifts to win elections, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently flagged as an alarming trend, Kejriwal asked what is wrong if his government in Delhi gives freebies to the poor. Provides education and healthcare. With regard to the free electricity scheme in Delhi and Punjab, he claimed that the cost was recovered by substantially increasing the revenue.
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