Surat (Gujarat): Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has promised 300 units of free electricity to all in Gujarat. All old bills will be waived off till December 31, 2021 he said while addressing a meeting convened at the town hall in Surat on Thursday. The Delhi Chief Minister arrived here late Wednesday night and said that in the next few weeks, his party would share with the people of Gujarat its agenda on what it plans to do for them if voted to power in the state.
This is the second visit of Kejriwal to the state so far this month. "I visited Gujarat several times in the recent past, and the people of the state have given me a lot of love. The people of Gujarat are fed up with 27 years of the BJP rule and want a change," Kejriwal said after landing at the Surat airport.
"We spoke to the public about what they want and in the next few weeks, we will put before them our agenda, as to what our agenda will be when voted to power," he said. Before Kejriwal arrived in the state, the BJP Gujarat unit chief CR Patil warned people that they should not get misguided by the 'Revadi culture' of freebies as it could eventually turn the state and India into Sri Lanka, which is currently going through a severe economic crisis. Though Patil did not name anyone, he was apparently targeting the AAP and its national convener Kejriwal, who has promised free electricity if voted to power in Gujarat.
Presenting the Delhi model, he said free electricity is possible in Gujarat if corruption is eliminated. The AAP has made free electricity a major poll plank in Gujarat, where polls are due in December. The party has positioned itself as a major contender in the state where elections have traditionally seen a direct contest between the BJP and the Congress.
