NEW DELHI: Just ahead of the Punjab assembly polls, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal launched an attack on the state's Congress and SAD, claiming both the parties have "ruined" every household in the state through "corruption" and "drug menace." Kejriwal implied the rampant drug issue is going to be a major poll plank and claimed his party is "going to win the elections" in the state due in 2017.
"Both Congress and SAD have through successive governments installed in the state after Independence have ruined each and every household there," Kejriwal said. Addressing a gathering at the launch of Punjabi video song 'Ek Nasha: Nashe ke Khilaf' sung by Kumar Vishwas, Kejriwal said, "You see poets like Vishwas tell things through clues. And, you see what clues he has left in the video. But, the enthusiasm you people have shown here,we are finding the same enthusiasm in Punjab, and AAP will win the elections there and for the next government... The issue of eliminating drug menace will be a daunting task but it won't be impossible." He also alleged that the Badal government has "slapped false cases" against people who got involved in drug business. "We will also make sure that such false cases are withdrawn."
Meanwhile, the song, that directly targets Badals, accusing them of selling sand, roads, canal and field, and trading in heroine, did not go down well with the Badals for obvious reasons. SAD leaders have now threatened to sue Vishwas if the word Jat is not removed from it. "AAP has released this song for political gains. It has maligned the image of Jats who have been shown as drug addicts. We will not tolerate this. If he did not delete this word from the song we will be forced to sue him in the court," said Akali Dal leader Santa Singh Umaidpuri.
