Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday promised 300 units of free electricity to garner votes in Goa. Kejriwal said if AAP comes to power in Goa in the upcoming Assembly elections, each family in Goa will free units of electricity per month.
Addressing a presser on the last day of his two-day visit to Goa, Kejriwal also promised to waive all the old electricity bills if his party gets a chance to rule the coastal state.
Elections to the 40-member Goa Legislative Assembly are scheduled for February next year.
Referring to Delhi’s pre-poll promises, Kejriwal said if the capital has a round-the-clock power supply and has one of the cheapest electricity in the country, then why not free power for people in Goa, he said. Despite Goa being a power-surplus state, there are frequent power cuts in the coastal state, Kejriwal told reporters.
He said 73 percent of Delhi gets zero electricity bills under the AAP government. If Delhi can do it, why can’t Goa? he asked.
Kejriwal also slammed MLAs who left Congress and other parties to join the BJP after the last Assembly elections in Goa.
These MLAs who switched sides claimed that they were joining the BJP to get people’s work done. Did they do people’s work as they claimed? Now people are saying that they switched sides for the lure of money. People feel betrayed,” he said.
The Delhi CM also said that the rate of electricity in Goa is quite high due to which consumers getting huge power bills and the concerned departments are not correcting it.
A day prior to his visit to Goa, the AAP chief has said Goa wants change. Enough of parties buying and selling MLAs. Enough of dirty politics. Goa wants development. There is no shortage of funds, only a shortage of honest intent. Goa wants honest politics.
He did similar promises in Punjab as well.
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