National Convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today got rousing welcome in the city, known as NRI Capital of Punjab, when he took out the road show here.Large number of people gathered near Paragpur village on National Highway to welcome Kejriwal, from where a massive convoy of vehicles converged into a Road show and passed through from all the four constituencies.Accompanying with the AAP candidates including, HS Walia (Jalandhar Cantonment), Dr Sanjeev Sharma (Jalandhar Central), Gulshan Sharma (Jalandhar North) and Chandan Grewal (Adampur), Kejriwal addressed huge chunk of people at several points during Road show.Kejriwal said that ensuing assembly elections in Punjab is between AAP and SAD-BJP-Congress, as Badals have colluded with Captain Amarinder to stop AAP coming into power. “I can see tsunami in favour of AAP, which cannot be stopped by such collusion between Akalis and Congress”, he said.
Kejriwal said that AAP has prepared 150 point charter for Punjab and announced to fulfil ten key points on priority immediately after forming government.Time is ripe for Punjabis for bringing political change in Punjab for future of their wards and to end the nexus between Badals and Amarinder, who have tacit understanding to contest Punjab assembly polls, Kejriwal said.“Recently Manish Sisodia said somewhere that Kejriwal himself will ensure fulfilment of all promises made by AAP, Akalis and Congress started making hue & cry, so as that I will be the next Chief Minister. It seems that these parties are having Kejriwal phobia and have fear of me”, Kejriwal said while reiterating that he would not be Chief Minister of Punjab as being propagated by SAD and Congress.“Whosoever be the Chief Minister, I stand guarantee to fulfil all promises made to the people of Punjab by AAP,” he added.
Delhi Chief Minister said that his first priority would be to eradicate drugs and cut the supply of narcotics within a month. “Badals have control over almost all businesses be it Transport, Cable, Liquor, Mining and even drug network is also being patronised by Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia”, he said.National Convener of AAP announced to cancel all fake cases under NDPC act filed by Badals against innocent youth who opposed drug mafia. He said that Bikram Majithia had links with international drug mafia and he had also got false case registered against him in Amritsar. “I will make Badals and Majithia to cough up entire money which they stashed out of corruption and drug supply”, Kejriwal vowed.
He said AAP government would create a special task force of senior doctors to de-addict the youth within 6 months and create 25 lakh jobs to bring back the youth to main stream.
Presently there are about 40 lakh youth addicted to drugs, he maintained.Kejriwal announced to enhance the old, handicapped and widow pension from existing Rs 500 to Rs 2500 per month. He said that SAD-BJP government had cheated people in the name of welfare schemes and embezzled funds meant for the poor.“Now Amarinder is also promising old-aged pension in Punjab. If Congress can given pension of Rs 2500 in Punjab, why it did not give in Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Karnataka, where the party is in power?”, Kejriwal quipped. He said that eradicating corruption would another priority. He said that in Delhi AAP has created an atmosphere of corruption free governance.
He added that Capt Amarinder Singh during his tenure as CM from 2002 to 2007 had deposited his ill gotten money in Swiss bank. “We have the bank account number and will bring back the money.Kejriwal said that education and health system in Punjab had collapsed and private schools and hospitals have mushroomed.He said that Badal government had systematically ruined the primary education and health services in the state. He promised to set up a dispensary in every village and refurbish the government schools. We have set up Mohalla Clinics in Delhi and modernised the government schools in Delhi and now it is turn of Punjab, he stated.Kejriwal appealed to the gathering to raise their hands to pledge to rope in at least 100 more votes by each of them to bring political change in Punjab by election AAP.