AAP's Punjab CM face: Arvind Kejriwal keeps the guessing game on

Chandigarh/Ludhiana, Sept 29

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he would declare his party’s CM candidate soon. “The candidate will be a person all Punjab will be proud of,” he claimed even as AAP Punjab unit president and aspirant for the post Bhagwant Mann looked on.

AAP’s CM face soon, will be ‘pride’ of Punjab

Punjab Congress has made a spectacle of itself. People are confused as to whom to approach with their problems. Only AAP can provide a stable and honest govt. —Arvind Kejriwal, AAP convener

Mann had camped in Delhi for days earlier this month to get the high command to name his candidature. He has reportedly been sulking over the party’s reluctance to do so. Kejriwal threw a “5-point challenge” to the new Punjab CM, asking him to honour the promises made by his predecessor. “Five issues need to be addressed immediately. First and foremost, there are allegations that he (Channi) inducted ‘tainted’ ministers and appointed ‘tainted’ officers to prime posts. All of them must be removed.

“Those behind the Bargari sacrilege case are yet to be punished. The CM should read Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh’s report and take action. Young boys and girls from poorer sections carrying job cards given by Captain are yet to get employment. Also, Captain had promised to waive loans of farmers. This has not been done. Lastly, the Congress says the power purchase agreements can be cancelled. The Channi government must do so.”

He said a dirty fight for power was on in Punjab. “The Congress has made a spectacle of itself. Only AAP can provide a stable and honest government,” he added.