Ahead of Kejriwal’s Punjab go to, Cong., AAP in war of words

Ahead of Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s go to to Chandigarh, the AAP and the ruling Congress have been on Monday embroiled in a pointy trade of words surrounding denial of permission to Mr. Kejriwal’s ‘press conference’.

AAP Punjab president Bhagwant Mann stated Mr. Kejriwal would go to Chandigarh on June 29, the place he would announce a street map for Punjab’s growth in the run-up to the Assembly polls, due early subsequent 12 months.

Mr. Mann stated Mr. Kejriwal can be making ‘big announcements’ about Punjab. “Mr. Kejriwal will announce benefits for the people of Punjab on the lines of unlimited facilities being provided to the people of Delhi. He could also promise to provide free electricity to the people of Punjab and to save them from the costly electricity at present,” stated Mr. Mann.

Mr. Mann stated that in Punjab each part of society was struggling as a result of inflation, however ladies have been the worst affected. “Mr. Kejriwal would release his plan to provide more facilities to women and arrangements for their savings. The Amarinder Singh-led Congress government of Punjab had failed to provide facilities to the people due to which every section was feeling cheated. At present paddy sowing was in full swing but due to non-availability of electricity farmers are not able to sow paddy properly. Kejriwal will also present his formula for overcoming the power crisis in Punjab,” he added.

Mr. Mann alleged that the Punjab authorities refused permission for Mr. Kejriwal’s press convention at Punjab Bhawan. “Kejriwal is coming to expose the lies of Captain Amarinder Singh’s government before the people of Punjab, and this has scared the government,” he stated.

CM’s assertion

However, Capt. Singh, by the official Twitter deal with of the Chief Minister’s Office, stated the allegation of denying permission to press convention was “totally not true. We let @ArvindKejriwal address a rally here just few days back so why should we stop him now from having a press conf. If he wants I’d be happy to arrange his lunch too. @AamAadmiParty just wants to do drama even if it means lying.”