Every family in Goa will get free electricity up to 300 units per month if AAP voted to energy: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday mentioned every family in Goa will get up to 300 units of electricity free per month if his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to energy in the state Assembly elections, due in February subsequent yr.

Unveiling 4 “guarantees”, the AAP nationwide convener promised to waive all of the outdated electricity payments if his get together will get an opportunity to rule the coastal state.

“Every family will get up to 300 units of electricity free per month. We will start on a clean slate. Once the AAP government is formed in Goa, 87 % of consumers will start getting a zero electricity bill,” he instructed a press convention on the final day of his two-day go to to Goa.

Mr. Kejriwal additionally promised free electricity to farmers in the state.

“If people in Delhi can get free electricity, then why not free power for people in Goa,” he mentioned. Despite Goa being a power-surplus state, there are frequent power-cuts in the coastal state, he added.

In 2017 Goa Assembly polls, the AAP had drawn a clean.

During his two-day go to, Mr. Kejriwal met numerous stakeholders and claimed that the AAP was getting response from the frequent folks “who are looking for a clean politics after a spate of defections in the state during the current tenure”.

Mr. Kejriwal slammed the MLAs who left Congress and different events to be part of the BJP after the final Assembly elections in Goa.

“The party (Congress) which had won 17 seats is now left with only five MLAs whereas the party (BJP) which had won only 13 seats is currently having 28 MLAs,” Mr. Kejriwal mentioned.

“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 mentioned.

The AAP chief mentioned the folks of Goa now need change.

“The people of Goa have seen how Delhi government has been providing free electricity to its residents. If Delhi can do it, why can’t Goa?” he requested.

Mr. Kejriwal mentioned 73 % of Delhi will get “zero electricity bill” below the AAP authorities.

Despite being an influence surplus state, Goa is witnessing an erratic provide, he questioned.

“Delhi once faced a similar situation. When we took over, this situation was corrected within two to three years and people started getting uninterrupted power supply,” the Delhi CM mentioned.

He blamed faulty energy transmission strains for the irregular energy provide, which, he mentioned will be mounted.

Mr. Kejriwal additionally identified that customers in Goa are getting large energy payments that aren’t corrected by the involved division.

“People in Goa are asked to pay money if they go to correct their power bills,” he added.

Mr. Kejriwal mentioned that he felt “encouraged” as even opposition leaders are speaking about his get together, a day after Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted that the AAP has all the time recognised his imaginative and prescient and work for Punjab.

“Navjot Singh Sidhu? He is in Punjab. I am happy that AAP is doing such a good job that even opposition leaders are praising us. So, one feels encouraged about it,” the Delhi Chief Minister mentioned when requested about Sidhu’s tweets.

He additionally assured justice in a matter associated to the demolition of a church in the Chattarpur space of Delhi saying the motion was taken by the Delhi Development Authority which comes below the Central authorities.