Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday assured that his party would provide a “crime-free and corruption-free” government in Punjab if elected to power in the next year’s Assembly elections.

He also said that AAP will put an end to the “Inspector Raj” and create a congenial atmosphere for industries and traders to flourish.

While addressing a gathering in Bathinda, the Delhi Chief Minister said, “Our goal is to create a prosperous Punjab and lead it towards progress. We will provide a crime-free and corruption-free government.”

“We will give you an honest government in Punjab like in Delhi. We ended the Inspector Raj and the Raid Raj in Delhi,” he said.

Kejriwal said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has also said he will make traders a partner in the state’s growth and end the “Inspector Raj”.

“Why doesn’t he do it now? Because they do not have the intent, their intention is bad,” he alleged.

“When we did so many things during our 49-day stint in Delhi (AAP’s first term in the national capital), why can’t Channi? This is why I say to copy the Aam Aadmi Party is easy, but the implementation is difficult,” Kejriwal said.

AAP’s Punjab affairs in-charge Raghav Chadha, Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Harpal Cheema, state AAP president and MP Bhagwant Mann and MLA Aman Arora were present at the event in Bathinda.

Aam Aadmi Party has been aggressively campaigning in Punjab, which will see Assembly elections next year.