Kejriwal ask Jalalabad residents to defeat Sukhbir

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Press Trust of India Jalalabad(Pb)
Last Updated : Jan 19 2017 | 7:48 PM IST
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today asked the residents here to defeat "corrupt" SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal in the February 4 Punjab assembly polls.
He said the people of Jalalabad will be remembered for rising against corruption and misrule by defeating Sukhbir.
Kejriwal said that Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal have been contesting elections "collectively" for long and with the emergence of AAP in Punjab, they have been exposed.
He claimed that AAP has fielded its one of the "strongest" candidate, Bhagwant Mann against Sukhbir.
He alleged that Amarinder and Badal have again planned to contest collectively by fielding Ravneet Singh Bittu from Jalalabad and himself from Lambi.
He claimed that their plan to divide anti-incumbency votes will "fail" in the elections and Punjabis will choose AAP over these "corrupt" parties.
He promised that after the results on March 11, Majithia will be sent behind the bars before March 15.
Kejriwal criticised Badal government for allegedly ignoring the youth of Punjab and taking no step to generate employment in state.
He claimed that if elected the AAP government will provide jobs to 25 lakhs youth in the state.
The AAP leader said that agro based industry will be installed in the rural area and there will be 80 per cent quota of Punjab residents in these jobs.
He said that farmer of Punjab that used to be known for providing food to the whole country is committing suicide due to the "anti" peasants policies of Badal government.
Kejriwal promised to wave off the debt of state farmers and convert farming into a beneficial occupation.
He said that to uplift the peasantry, AAP government will implement the Swaminathan commission report in the state.

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First Published: Jan 19 2017 | 7:48 PM IST

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