EyeingPunjab assembly elections, expected to take place in March next year, AAPnational convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday,announced to provide 300 units of free power to every household in the state.
Announcinga slew of pre-poll sops during a press meet in Chandigarh, he said here thathis party will provide uninterrupted round the clock power supply and waiver ofpending electricity bills, if his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) forms the nextgovernment in the state.
"Itwill take three-four years for us to upgrade the infrastructure, and then wewill be able to provide uninterrupted power supply," he said.
Thechief minister said, with the provision of 300 units free electricity to everyhousehold, 77-80 per cent households will get zero bills.
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Takinga jibe at Congress leader and chief minister Amarinder Singh, he said it wassurprising that Punjab "makes its own electricity, still is the mostexpensive in the country".
Hesaid in Delhi his government provided 200 units of free electricity to everyfamily. "The women are very happy. Women in Punjab are also very unhappywith inflation. The AAP government will also provide free electricity inPunjab," he added.
Itwas believed that free electricity in the national capital was one of the keyreasons behind AAP’s return to power for the third time in 2020.
Meanwhile,this is Kejriwal’s second visit to Punjab in the last 15 days. Last time whenKejriwal visited Amritsar, he promised that AAP’s CM face will be from SikhCommunity besides Captain Amarinder Singh’s confidant Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singhthen joined AAP in his presence.
Expertssay if Kejriwal manages to get a popular Sikh Face, the party will give a toughfight to its opponents in the next elections. Also, he is leaving no stoneunturned to woo voters and this free electricity announcement is just thestart, they said.
Sourcesfurther informed that Punjab CM has been facing criticism over electricityrates in Punjab and despite big poll promises to make electricity cheaper inthe state, nothing concrete has been done so far.
Also,not in the mood to repeat the mistakes from last year's assembly elections,Kejriwal seems quite prepared. He has already started social engineering andbrought CM Captain Amarinder’s confidant to his party. It is also expected thatKejriwal in the coming days will make announcements related to Sand, Liquor andDrug mafia in Punjab.