Mohali, Jun 14 (PTI) Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday asked people to make Bhagwant Mann Punjab’s chief minister again in the 2027 assembly elections, saying that the state must not allow the good work being carried out by the AAP government to come to a halt.
Calling for support for the next election, the AAP supremo said, “Now we have only one task left. We have done so much work in five years, but there is still a lot more that remains to be done. We must make Mann Chief Minister again.” Kejriwal along with CM Mann and other leaders took out a roadshow here to thank voters for the party’s victory in the recent municipal corporation elections.
Kejriwal said Punjab had been “pushed towards ruin during the regimes of the Shiromani Akali Dal, BJP and Congress, when drugs spread across the state”.
CM Mann had worked tirelessly to pull Punjab out of that difficult period and put it back on the path of progress, he said.
Urging people to strengthen this transformation, Kejriwal said Punjab must not allow the good work being carried out by the Mann government to come to a halt.
He added that no government in Punjab’s history had received as much affection and public support after four-and-a-half years in office as the AAP government enjoys today, contrasting it with previous governments that, he said, had lost public trust to such an extent that people would not even allow their leaders to enter villages after a similar period in power.
“It has been nearly four and a half years since our government came to power. Never before has any party in Punjab received such affection and love after four years in office.” Earlier, there were Congress governments, BJP governments and Akali Dal governments. When they completed three or four years in power, people would not even allow them to enter villages.
When they went among the public, people would stand with shoes in their hands, ready to hit them. Such were the wrongdoings committed during their tenure, he said.
He listed government’s works including free electricity, health insurance cover worth Rs 10 lakh, and water reaching canal channels in villages.
Urging people to campaign in their localities, he stated, “You must go to your streets, neighbourhoods and villages and tell everyone that this time Bhagwant Mann must be made Chief Minister again with a massive majority. We have to secure an overwhelming mandate. The remaining work must also be completed.” Mann said the traditional political parties had ruled Punjab for decades while protecting each other’s interests.
“For years, these parties looted Punjab and worked through an understanding that ensured power remained within their circle. Earlier, there were only two options before the people and both treated power like a game of musical chairs. They exploited public sentiments and plundered the wealth of Punjab. Today, the people have embraced the broom and cleansed the political system of the state” he said.
Today neither Sukhbir Singh Badal, nor Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, nor Partap Singh Bajwa are visible among the people because the masses are standing firmly with the Punjab government, he said.
The people have repeatedly expressed their support and the opposition has suffered politically because the wise people of Punjab have rejected them. Truth ultimately prevails and falsehood loses its strength, he added. PTI CHS NB NB
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