Kejriwal’s Punjab poll promise: 300 units of free power, dues waiver

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday promised 300 units of free electricity - 100 units more than what his government provides to every family in Delhi - to all domestic consumers in Punjab if his party wins the next assembly elections. He also promised waiver of electricity bill dues and uninterrupted power supply.
"This is Kejriwal's guarantee, and not Captain's (Punjab CM Amarinder Singh) promises," he said at a press conference here.
However, AAP later clarified that its promise will not apply to general category people who consume more than 300 units a month. In such cases, all the units will be chargeable. Other beneficiaries like SCs, BCs, BPL families and freedom fighters will be exempted from this rule and will have to pay for only units in excess of 300.
Punjab minister Charanjit Singh Channi accused Kejriwal of stealing Congress's idea of offering free power, which the former said had been conveyed by the party high command to Amarinder as part of the 18 points of public welfare initiatives to be launched before the next assembly polls.