Mann, Kejriwal launch 80 Aam Aadmi Clinics
LUDHIANA : Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal launched 80 more Aam Aadmi Clinics in the state on Friday.
With this, 580 such clinics have become operational in the state that are providing free and quality healthcare to people, Kejriwal said at an event in Ludhiana.
Addressing the gathering, Mann said these clinics are equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and are providing world-class treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people free of cost.
So far, 25.63 lakh patients from across the state have been benefitted from these Aam Aadmi Clinics, the CM said, adding that 41 diagnostics tests are being provided in these clinics free of cost and till April 30, 1.78 lakh patients have availed this facility.
Mann said 80 drugs are being provided free of cost to the patients at these clinics and most commonly used drugs are for hypertension, diabetes, skin ailments, viral fever and others.
Speaking on the occasion, Kejriwal said: “We have been in power for just a year in Punjab, but work is being done at a fast pace. Punjab is making quick progress. For 75 years, people only saw loot and for the first time the state is touching heights of development,” the AAP national convener said.
Hang me the day you find my involvement in corruption: Kejriwal to PM Modi
AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday dared central probe agencies to find proof of a “single paisa” worth of corruption against him. “Hang me publicly” if this happens, he challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“They put the CBI, ED, income tax and police after me. Why? There is only one purpose which is to prove by any means that ‘Kejriwal chor hai (Kejriwal is a thief)’ and prove that he has indulged in corruption,” he said here, attacking the BJP government.
He was speaking after dedicating 80 Aam Aadmi Clinics to the people of Punjab at an event in Ludhiana.
The AAP supremo was on April 16 questioned by the CBI in connection with the Delhi’s now scrapped excise policy in which former deputy Manish Sisodia is already in jail. The agency had summoned Kejriwal as a witness.
“I want tell Modi ji,” the Delhi CM said, “Prime Minister ji, if Kejriwal is corrupt, there is no one honest in this world. I want to tell you that the day you find corruption of a single paisa against Kejriwal, hang me publicly. But stop this ‘roz-roz ki nautanki and tamasha’ (everyday drama),” Kejriwal said.
He said AAP leaders Sisodia and Satyendar Jain were arrested not because they indulged in corruption, but because “(the BJP’s) objective was to stop their good work”.
“It is not a coincidence that our health minister and education minister have been jailed,” said Kejriwal.
“The AAP government has done great work in health and education sectors. The issue is not of corruption, but to stop the AAP from doing its good work, and entangle them (in cases),” Kejriwal said.
He said the house of Satyendar Jain, who was the brain behind ‘Mohalla Clinics’ in Delhi (which is Aam Aadmi Clinics in Punjab), was raided thrice “but not even a penny was found there”.
Sisodia’s premises were raided and it was alleged he usurped Rs 100 crore, he said. “If it was so, would the agencies have not found Rs 1 crore or Rs 2 crore, or even Rs 1-2 lakh from his house too?” he asked.