Maur (Bathinda): AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal exhorted people to help his party win all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and one in Chandigarh, indicating that AAP is thinking of going solo and not as a part of the INDIA bloc. In the present Lok Sabha, INDIA bloc parties have 9 seats in Punjab, with Congress having eight members and AAP just one.
However, at his Vikas Kranti rally in Bathinda, where he announced £112.5 million worth of development works, Kejriwal made it clear that Congress was also among AAP’s rivals in the state. He attacked BJP, Akalis and Congress in the same breath, saying: “Akali, Congress or BJP-Akali governments never allocated a package of £112.5 million in one go.”
He added that all the rivals of his party had joined hands in asking the central government to stop grants for Punjab as they felt that they would be “doomed” in elections if the AAP carried out development works in Punjab successfully. “People of Punjab are extremely happy with our work, and they will make us win all 13 Lok Sabha seats,” he said.
Claiming unprecedented development in Punjab, the Delhi CM said that with the package of £112.5 million, several hospitals and schools will be built in the state. “We had gone to Gurdaspur recently and we announced a package of £185 million and before that Hoshiarpur got a £85 million package,” he added.
At the rally, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann attacked the grand old party by accusing leaders of Congress and SAD of promoting corruption and nepotism. “Only 4-5 persons from these parties had been ruling Punjab for many years.” The entire Punjab cabinet and Rajya Sabha member Sandeep Pathak were present at the rally.