AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that his party’s offer to provide free electricity to the people of Gujarat was “troubling” the saffron party.
Hitting out at the BJP, Kejriwal sought to know from the BJP why his offer was “troubling” the saffron party even as he claimed that the ministers in the western state were enjoying free power supply. “In order to provide free electricity, corruption has to be ended,” he said.
Kejriwal’s attack comes a day after Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil reportedly cautioned the people against getting influenced by the freebies offered by “some political leaders”, warning they were not good for the economy and that freebies could ruin the state.
Patil had made the remarks while addressing a gathering after dedicating inaugurating the South Gujarat Medical Education and Research Institute in Surat.
“Patil Sahib, your ministers get free electricity, is that right? You do you so much trouble if I provide free electricity to the public,” Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi reacting to media reports.
“There is huge corruption in the Gujarat government. End corruption like Delhi and Punjab, a lot of money will be saved for giving free electricity to the public,” he added.
The elections will be held in Gujarat in December 2022 to elect 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. While Congress and BJP are the main contenders, the AAP is also betting high this time in the Western state.
