Kejriwal makes five promises, seeks 5 yrs for AAP in MC

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 19

Making five promises, AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today appealed to city voters to give five years to AAP in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.

“The Chandigarh MC came into being in 1996. You gave 13 years to the BJP and 12 years to the Congress, now give us five years,” he said while addressing party supporters at a rally at the Sector 43 Dasehra ground.

“Both the BJP and the Congress have made a mess of the city. Chandigarh used to be considered the most beautiful city in Asia. However, due to both parties’ misrule, the number 1 city has dropped to the 66th position in the Swachhta rankings,” said Kejriwal, claiming that they would make the city number 1 in Asia, if elected to power.

What he promised

• Will end corruption in the MC
• Will clear the waste dump at Dadu Majra
• Zero water bill
• CCTV cameras for the security of women
• Work inside housing societies

From the dais, he made five promises to the public. “First of all, we will end corruption in the MC and the corporation staff will come to your house for MC-related service like in Delhi,” he said.

He said the second promise was of clearing the waste dump at Dadu Majra. “There are similar mountains of waste in Delhi as the BJP is in power in the MC there. We will soon come to power in the Delhi MC and will clear both the dumps of Chandigarh as well as Delhi,” he said.

“You will get zero water bill. People in Delhi get zero power and water bills,” he said. His last two promises were CCTV cameras in the entire city for the security of women and work inside housing societies.

Addressing the gathering earlier, AAP Punjab president and MP Bhagwant Mann said, “The real name of the Bharatiya Janata Party is Bharatiya Jumla Party. BJP leaders only indulge in rhetoric. The broom button is the button of your luck. It is the button of your children’s future. So when you come out of the house to vote on December 24, you come out thinking that today is the day of change. December 24 is the day of Chandigarh, will be recorded as a change in history.”

‘Chandigarh will go to Punjab’ rumour

“There is a rumour going on these days that soon, the Centre will give Chandigarh to Punjab. If that is the case, then vote for us in the Chandigarh MC as we are going to form the government in Punjab,” Kejriwal said earlier.