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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that his party will give 300 units of electricity free in Punjab if it comes to power in the state. Elections will be held in the state next year.
At a press briefing in Chandigarh’s Punjab Bhawan, Kejriwal made two more promises. He said that if elected to power, his party will ensure 24-hour electricity and waiving pending power bills.
“This is Kejriwal’s promise, not Captain’s [Amarinder Singh] vows,” the AAP chief said. “We deliver our promises. Captain’s promises haven’t been fulfilled even after five years.”
He said that he made similar promises in Delhi and now the city has round-the-clock power supply and has one of the cheapest electricity in the country.
Kejriwal said that the rate of electricity in Punjab is quite high even though the state produces its own power. Punjab generates surplus electricity but has hours-long power cuts across the state, he said and alleged that it was because there was a nexus between the state government, led by the Congress, and power companies.
By giving 300 units of free electricity, around 77%-80% of the population in Punjab will have zero electricity bill, he said. Kejriwal alleged that many people in Punjab get inflated electricity…