Kejriwal likely to visit Punjab on February 20

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Feb 10 2016 | 5:14 PM IST
AAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to visit Punjab from February 20 for about 5 days during which he will meet the families of farmers who committed suicide due to debt.
"Kejriwal is expected to visit Punjab on February 20 and will be in the state for 4-5 days," Aam Aadmi Party's national organisation-building head, Durgesh Pathak said.
"He will visit villages and districts of the state and meet families of debt-ridden farmers who have ended their lives. Kejriwal will also meet the families which are victims of drug menace," senior AAP leader and in-charge of Punjab Affairs, Sanjay Singh said.
The full programme of Kejriwal's Punjab visit, will be finalised in a day or two, he said.
The Delhi Chief Minister was the state last time on January 14 when he held a massive rally in Muktsar on the occasion of Maghi Mela, kicking off AAP's campaign for the 2017 Assembly polls.
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Addressing a rally at Nawanshahr for party nominee for Balachaur assembly segment Brig Raj Kumar(retd.), Kejriwal said the blueprint for Punjab's development was ready and AAP will immediately start giving it shape after the party forms government in the state after the polls.
"The planning on all issues -- be it related to ending the menace of drugs or corruption, waiving of farmers' loans or reviving and bringing back the state's industry -- have been worked out to the minutest details by AAP," he claimed.
Accusing Amarinder Singh of indulging in corruption during his tenure as the Chief Minister, the AAP national convener once again read out the alleged Swiss bank account numbers of Punjab Congress chief and his family members.
Hitting out at SAD, he claimed the "pitcher of SAD's sins" for atrocities against all sections of society is already full and the party should be "ready to pay for it".
Kejriwal also visited the residence of Asha Rani (48) in Ludhiana, who died of cardiac arrest on Thursday outside a bank branch, where she had gone to withdraw money.

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First Published: Feb 10 2016 | 5:14 PM IST

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