Guj polls: Punjab CM steps up AAP’s free energy pitch, brings bunch of 25,000 ‘zero’ electrical energy payments
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AHMEDABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday introduced a bunch of 25,000 “zero” electrical energy payments from his state and added the individuals of Gujarat will get comparable payments if Aam Aadmi Party is voted to energy within the Assembly polls.
Providing free electrical energy as much as 300 models monthly is without doubt one of the essential election “guarantees” of AAP in Gujarat.
Voting for 182 Assembly seats will probably be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on December 8. The campaigning for the primary part ended on Tuesday night.
Addressing a press convention right here, Mann mentioned the zero electrical energy payments had been acquired by 61 lakh out of the 75 lakh households in Punjab, which is an affidavit of AAP’s dedication that it walks the speak.
“I have brought 25,000 zero electricity bills with the names and addresses which you can check. To date, there are around 75 lakh electric metres in Punjab. As many as 61 lakh households have received zero electricity bills.”
“The number of such bills for December will be 67 lakh because of low consumption in winter. The same will increase to 71 lakh in January. We do what we say, and we say what we can do. The same can happen in Gujarat. We have made a promise and will deliver,” he mentioned.
Mann mentioned the Punjab authorities has arrange 100 mohalla clinics until August 15 and plans to determine greater than 500 extra such clinics by January 26.
The AAP authorities in Punjab had additionally assured to revert to the outdated pension scheme (OPS) and the notification for a similar has been issued, Mann mentioned.
“Not just that, our government also stopped the pension to legislatures that saved crores of rupees of public exchequer,” he added.
Mann was referring to the modification invoice handed in June this yr by the Legislative Assembly placing an finish to a number of pensions to ex-MLAs for each time period served.
“The government’s work is to collect tax and give it back to the people in the form of free electricity, infrastructure, roads, colleges, and mohalla clinics. We are setting up 16 medical colleges,” he mentioned.
Mann took potshots on the “so-called Gujarat model”, saying when one goes off the highways within the state, “roads exist in potholes rather than potholes in roads”.
With all the guarantees introduced by the AAP, the individuals of Gujarat will be capable to save Rs 30,000 from the very first month after the occasion varieties a authorities.
“6.5 crore people of Gujarat are ready for a change. The situation is the same as what I saw in Punjab (before the elections which AAP had won hands down),” he mentioned.
Downplaying surveys predicting a sure variety of seats AAP may win in Gujarat, Mann mentioned the occasion “does not figure in surveys but ends up forming a government”. “Surveys are being written by people sitting at home,” he added.
Mann mentioned AAP’s agenda doesn’t match with the ruling BJP and will probably be unsuitable to name the Kejriwal-led occasion a “B-team” of BJP. “The AAP is the A team of the 130 crore people of the country,” he added.
AHMEDABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday introduced a bunch of 25,000 “zero” electrical energy payments from his state and added the individuals of Gujarat will get comparable payments if Aam Aadmi Party is voted to energy within the Assembly polls.
Providing free electrical energy as much as 300 models monthly is without doubt one of the essential election “guarantees” of AAP in Gujarat.
Voting for 182 Assembly seats will probably be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on December 8. The campaigning for the primary part ended on Tuesday night.
Addressing a press convention right here, Mann mentioned the zero electrical energy payments had been acquired by 61 lakh out of the 75 lakh households in Punjab, which is an affidavit of AAP’s dedication that it walks the speak.
“I have brought 25,000 zero electricity bills with the names and addresses which you can check. To date, there are around 75 lakh electric metres in Punjab. As many as 61 lakh households have received zero electricity bills.”
“The number of such bills for December will be 67 lakh because of low consumption in winter. The same will increase to 71 lakh in January. We do what we say, and we say what we can do. The same can happen in Gujarat. We have made a promise and will deliver,” he mentioned.
Mann mentioned the Punjab authorities has arrange 100 mohalla clinics until August 15 and plans to determine greater than 500 extra such clinics by January 26.
The AAP authorities in Punjab had additionally assured to revert to the outdated pension scheme (OPS) and the notification for a similar has been issued, Mann mentioned.
“Not just that, our government also stopped the pension to legislatures that saved crores of rupees of public exchequer,” he added.
Mann was referring to the modification invoice handed in June this yr by the Legislative Assembly placing an finish to a number of pensions to ex-MLAs for each time period served.
“The government’s work is to collect tax and give it back to the people in the form of free electricity, infrastructure, roads, colleges, and mohalla clinics. We are setting up 16 medical colleges,” he mentioned.
Mann took potshots on the “so-called Gujarat model”, saying when one goes off the highways within the state, “roads exist in potholes rather than potholes in roads”.
With all the guarantees introduced by the AAP, the individuals of Gujarat will be capable to save Rs 30,000 from the very first month after the occasion varieties a authorities.
“6.5 crore people of Gujarat are ready for a change. The situation is the same as what I saw in Punjab (before the elections which AAP had won hands down),” he mentioned.
Downplaying surveys predicting a sure variety of seats AAP may win in Gujarat, Mann mentioned the occasion “does not figure in surveys but ends up forming a government”. “Surveys are being written by people sitting at home,” he added.
Mann mentioned AAP’s agenda doesn’t match with the ruling BJP and will probably be unsuitable to name the Kejriwal-led occasion a “B-team” of BJP. “The AAP is the A team of the 130 crore people of the country,” he added.
