Kejriwal in his tone and tenor indicated that drug issue in Punjab is going to be major poll plank and claimed that his party is "going to win the elections" in the state due in 2017.
"Both Congress and SAD have through corruption and drug menace pushed the state backward, and people have lost faith. The successive governments installed in the state after Independence have ruined each and every household there," Kejriwal alleged.
The video makes veiled references to Punjab Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukbhir Badal, and even as both Kejriwal said, the purpose of the video was "apolitical", a "broom" has been shown in the video in the end.
"You see poets like Vishwas tell things through clues. And, you see what clues he has left in the video," Kejriwal said, as he took a dig at the Badal dispensation.
"Once we form the government, we will punish all those involved in running this drug network," he said.
Further alleging that Badal government has "slapped false cases" against people who got involved in drug business, he said, "We will also make sure that such false cases are withdrawn."
Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party had swept the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, winning 67 of the 70 seats, and the party is exuding confidence of repeating its performance in Punjab.
Kejriwal praising the video said, "This video is impactful and should be in mobile phones of every person in Punjab."
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Meanwhile, Kejriwal also assured that his party will
close down the casino industry in Goa if voted to power in the coastal state.
"One of the person from casino industry met me and said that minimum of Rs 4,000 crore revenue in the form of tax should be collected from the casinos but in reality only Rs 200 crore are going into the state coffers," he alleged.
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