Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a visit to Punjab’s capital Chandigarh said that if the AAP was voted to power in the assembly elections next year, “every household in the state will also get free electricity up to 300 units. “By doing this, around 77 per cent to 80 per cent people of Punjab will have zero electricity bill,” he said.
Kejriwal also promised round-the-clock power supply in Punjab and waive pending electricity bills if his party is voted to power.
“Punjab, being a surplus power state, still resorts to power cuts. We will provide uninterrupted power supply. We will waive off all pending domestic power bills,” he promised.
“This is Kejriwal’s promise, not Captain’s (Congress Chief Minister Cap Amarinder Singh) vows. We deliver on our promises. Captain’s promises have not been fulfilled even after five years,” he said at Chandigarh Press Club on Tuesday (June 29).
In the 2017 Assembly polls, AAP bagged 20 seats, while the Congress wrested 77 seats, and the then ruling SAD-BJP won 18 seats in the 117-member House. The Congress ended the 10-year rule of the Akali-BJP government.
