AAP will make Punjab ''1st corruption-free state'': Kejriwal

Tribune News service

Ludhiana, January 18

If voted to power, the Aam Aadmi Party would make Punjab the "first corruption-free state" in the country, the party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday.

The Delhi Chief Minister claimed that in the national capital his government has to face "hurdles created by the BJP-led central government", but in Punjab the party would have a "free hand" in its development as it is a "full-fledged" state.

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Addressing a meeting of the members of the district bar association here, he alleged that the law and order situation in the state is in “shambles”.

"Murders, incidents of loot are taking place without any fear of authorities,” he claimed and alleged that no case is being solved as police are now answerable not to the people but to “political bosses”, including ministers, MLAs, area in-charges and jathedars.

Kejriwal said if his party forms government in Punjab, it would provide all type of facilities and benefits to police that they “badly need”. But if they (police) do not improve despite this, they will be “dealt with an iron hand”.

He said that if AAP comes to power the police will be free from political pressure. He said any MLA or police officer, if found involved in corruption, will be sent to jail.

Earlier, he went to Bhaini Sahib, the headquarters of the Namdhari sect, 30 km from here and spent about half-an-hour with Satguru D Thakur Udey Singh, the head of the sect. —Agencies