Rivals sharpen attack on Kejri - Delhi CM on five-day state visit from today
Thursday, 25/02/2016
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Jalandhar : With the Aam Aadmi Party fast expanding its base in Punjab, other political parties are trying all means, including filing RTIs, to hit out at AAP.
The RTI cells of all parties are working overtime to shortlist issues on which the AAP government could be held accountable ahead of the 2017 Assembly poll. The issues include expenditure borne by the state exchequer on CM Arvind Kejriwal, advertisements and funds spent for social welfare programmes.
A day ahead of Kejriwal’s visit to Punjab, CLP leader Charanjit Channi today came out with an RTI reply. At the residence of Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans, the Congress leader said, “The total number of unemployed registered with the Employment Directorate till this month is 13.5 lakh. About 1.35 lakh new youth whom Kejriwal lured ahead of elections too have filed fresh applications seeking jobs. But in one year, he could provide jobs to only 117 persons through an online employment portal and to 1,300 through job summits. This is negligible as compared to the number of job seekers,” he added.
“I caution the people in Punjab to beware of false propaganda as Kejriwal has failed miserably in Delhi,” he added.
Meanwhile, PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh asked Kejriwal to come clean on the "unrealistic" commitments he was making to people in Punjab with a view to garner votes.
Taking a dig at the AAP's "Punjab dialogue" to study various issues in Punjab over the next six months for preparing the party's manifesto, Amarinder said: "It is quite natural for a party which has no roots in Punjab to struggle for identifying the issues."
