Akali Dal chief hits out at AAP’s free electricity promise to Punjab households

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu because the political scene in Punjab heats up forward of Assembly polls due early subsequent 12 months.

A day after AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal introduced that if the get together fashioned the subsequent authorities within the State, it would surrender to 300 items of free electricity to each family, Mr. Badal requested Mr. Kejriwal to clarify why he had not prolonged the 300 items per invoice cycle free energy facility in Delhi, the place his authorities is in energy.

Mr. Badal alleged that Mr. Kejriwal was making an attempt to deceive Punjabis. “Kejriwal is in Delhi and cannot be held accountable for the promises made to Punjabis. He should tell which AAP leader in Punjab will take responsibility for fulfilling the promises being made by him,” Mr. Badal mentioned in Amritsar.

Mr. Badal additionally hit out at former Congress minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, terming him as a “misguided missile”, which was “not under control and could hit in any direction, even himself”. Mr. Badal mentioned Punjab didn’t desire a misguided individual like him and that the State want “one who thinks about the State’s development”.

Mr. Sidhu tweeted in response, “Guided and aimed at you to destroy your corrupt businesses … Until your Sukh Vilas built on Punjab’s ruins is not turned into a Public School & Public Hospital to serve Punjab’s poor, I won’t relent !!”