Days after walking out of Tihar jail, Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal gave a renewed push to the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Lok Sabha polls campaign, announcing 10 guarantees for the people across the country if the Opposition’s INDIA bloc came to power.
With polling yet to take place in 18 of the 22 Lok Sabha constituencies that the AAP is contesting — four in Delhi, 13 in Punjab, and one in Haryana, he pitted his vows to the people of India, called “Kejriwal ki guarantee”, against the Prime Minister’s “Modi ki guarantee”.
“BJP has always failed on its promises. My guarantees have a proven track record. Now, people have to take a call whether to go for ‘Kejriwal ki Guarantee’ or ‘Modi ki Guarantee,” the AAP supremo said while addressing a media conference in New Delhi on Sunday.
His first guarantee 24-hour electricity in the country. “The country has the capacity to generate 3 lakh MW of electricity but the usage is only 2 lakh MW. Our country can produce electricity more than the demand. We have done it in Delhi and Punjab, we will do it in the country also. We will provide up to 200 units of free electricity to all the poor. It will cost Rs 1.25 lakh crore, we can arrange it…”, he said.
The second guarantee is excellent free education. Government schools will provide a better education than private schools. “We have done it in Delhi and Punjab. Rs 5 lakh crore will be required for this. State governments will give Rs 2.5 lakh crore and central government will give Rs 2.5 crore for this” he added.
Promising better healthcare, he said Mohalla clinics will be opened in every village, every locality. District hospital will be converted into a Multi-speciality Hospital. Every person born in this country will get free treatment. Rs 5 lakh crore will be spent on creating infrastructure, he said.
“Our fourth guarantee is ‘Nation first’. China has occupied our land but our central government is denying it. There is a lot of strength in our army. All the land of the country which has been occupied by China will be freed”. A scheme like Agniveer is harmful for the army and the youth are also troubled by it. The Agniveer scheme will be withdrawn.
Sixth guarantee is for farmers. You can give a life of dignity to the farmers, if you are paying them full prices for their crops. Based on Swaminathan report, farmers will be provided full prices for their crops based on MSP. He also promises statehood to Delhi, creation of 2 crore employment, to end corruption and simplification of GST.