Will offer free electricity if we win: Kejriwal in Goa
PANAJI : Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday promised up to 300 units of free electricity per household in Goa and free power to farmers if his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power in the 2022 assembly elections in the state.
“I have come to give a guarantee that if our party comes to power, each family, each month will get 300 free units (of electricity). Just like in Delhi, the bill will come to your home but the amount to be paid will be zero. No tax, no surcharge,” said Kejriwal, who is on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state.
He said in Delhi, 73% of the people were availing free electricity. “In Goa, 87% of the state will have to pay zero electricity bills,” he said. “These are real promises not like other parties who give chunavi jumla (poll rhetoric). This is my guarantee.” Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal said his party wants clean politics in Goa. “Your politics is corrupt. Two years back on July 10, 10 Congress MLAS (members of legislative assembly) defected to the BJP. The people gave the mandate to Congress (in 2017), but the government was formed by the BJP. The party (BJP) that had 13 MLAS has 27 today. Then why have elections at all? There is no meaning to the elections. This is cheating. It is not right,” he said.
The Congress emerged as the single largest party in the state in 2017 with 17 lawmakers in the 40-member House.
But BJP formed the government with the help of the Goa Forward Party, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Independents taking nine MLAS on board. In 2019, 10 Congress lawmakers defected to the BJP and two in 2018 and one is 2017 itself.
“He can spend the next six months in Goa along with his whole cabinet... but it will be to no avail. It will not make a difference to us,” state BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade said.
Congress senior spokesperson and national media panelist Trajano D’mello said, “Since he has said that if AAP is coming to power they will give free electricity, he is already conceding that he will not be coming to power...” D’mello asked.