Amid surging covid-19 cases in Punjab, the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday addressed a large KisanMahapanchayat in Punjab's Moga district. He pushed his party leaders andvolunteers to prepare for the Punjab Assembly elections to be held next year.
Delhi Chief Minister said the party should get ready forthe Assembly elections in 2022. "You have one year's time, reach out toevery single person in Punjab and tell them how they have been cheated forseveral years on the pretext of false promises by both the Congress and theShiromani Akali Dal (SAD)”.
“Keep a card highlighting the promises made by the rulingCongress in the last state Assembly elections in your pockets and remind thepeople while meeting them that they have been cheated”, he asked his partyworkers.
“The people of Punjab voted for development, job, andelectricity and subsidised schemes, but Congress' promises could not see thelight of the day till now," Kejriwal said.
The AAP convener also urged the people of Punjab tosupport the AAP in the next Assembly elections, saying that his party came topower with full majority in Delhi for two consecutive terms and within sixyears, the AAP-led Delhi government has effected many changes in education,health, electricity and other sectors.
Reiterating all the achievements of the Delhi governmentin the last six years, Kejriwal asked the party workers to set a vision for thepeople of Punjab.
"We have to create a long-term vision for thewelfare of the people of Punjab. You have one year, go and meet the people andnote down their problems. The people of Punjab have made up their minds toelect the AAP government in the next Assembly elections. We will work with avision of forming a new Punjab once the AAP government is formed in thestate," Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal also hit out at the Narendra Modi-led Centralgovernment for bringing the alleged 'anti-farm' laws in the agriculture sector.He expressed his gratitude to the farmers protesting against the three farmlaws which were enacted in September last year.
Before addressing the Kisan Mahapanchayat, Kejriwalvisited the grain market in Bagha Purana in Moga district.
AAP sources in Punjab claimed that before Kejriwal'svisit to Moga, the boards and hoardings of the party were removed by the civicauthorities during the early morning hours for which the officials had to facethe wrath of the AAP workers, who raised slogans against the civicadministration.