AAP seeks to give ‘electric shock’ to Congress, BJP in Chhattisgarh

BJP, Congress could have given free electricity in Chhattisgarh in the last 20 years, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal as AAP gears up to contest state assembly elections

| Updated: 03 July, 2023 6:46 am IST
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addressed a massive rally in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI: As it looked to open a new front in Chhattisgarh, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress for lacking intent in giving free electricity to the state.

Addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur, CM Kejriwal said, “More than 20 years ago, Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh. Since then, the Congress and BJP have ruled this state. These parties could have given free electricity in the last 20 years, but they did not have the right intent.”

After forming governments in Delhi and Punjab and making an impressive debut in Gujarat, the AAP is all set to spread its wings and fight assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh later this year.

Turning his attention to the state of the economy, CM Kejriwal criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for implementing demonetisation, stating that PM Modi destroyed the economy by implementing demonetisation. “An educated Prime Minister would have never done so,” he said.

CM Kejriwal stressed the need for competent leaders who possess the necessary knowledge and understanding to make informed decisions for the betterment of the country.

The Delhi CM said that Chhattisgarh is a state that is blessed with abundant beauty and resources and added that it has beautiful rivers, forests and forms of traditional medicine. He also added that there are many different types of minerals that the state is blessed with. With all the resources that the state is blessed with, it should have been the richest state in India.

“It was in 2000 that the state of Chhattisgarh was created. At that time, the residents of the state had high hopes and believed that now their state would also see development. Chhattisgarh is a state that is blessed with abundant beauty and resources, and it has beautiful rivers, forests and forms of traditional medicine,” CM Kejriwal said.

“The state is also blessed with many different types of minerals and coal and steel are produced here. The Gods have blessed the state and given it everything, except probably just one thing – honest politicians. This is one thing that unfortunately this state does not have,” he added.

Blaming the politicians, CM Kejriwal said that despite its rich resources, the state has the highest amount of poverty. “With so many minerals and mines in the state, with iron and steel in the state, Chhattisgarh should have seen development much earlier,” he said.

“It has been over 20 years since the state was created and with the resources that this state has, every family in Chhattisgarh could have become rich in this time. There could have been good quality schools and hospitals built in every village in the state in all this time,” he added.

“If the politicians here were honest and if they had worked for the citizens in the last 20 years, then so many people would not have come to this gathering of the Aam Aadmi Party in Chhattisgarh today. If the people here were happy with the traditional political parties such as the BJP and the Congress, then there was no need for AAP to enter the state,” he added while making a case for AAP in the state.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann also addressed the rally in Bilaspur along with AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal

 

Highlighting the achievements of the newly formed AAP government in the Punjab, CM Bhagwant Mann, who accompanied CM Kejriwal, said, “It is generally seen that the government showcases public enterprises as being in deficit and hands them over to private companies. But the Punjab government has taken control of the private thermal power plants running in deficit and has declared that it will produce electricity and show it.”

CM Mann said that the Congress and BJP are the same. “No one can trust Congress. We should not vote for Congress and let them sit in their party headquarters and sell cheaply-priced MLAs. People buy their MLAs where there is no majority. Today, Congress is surviving by selling the MLA. People’s votes are of no importance to Congress,” he added.

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