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Punjab caught in dirty fight for power: Arvind Kejriwal
“A dirty fight for power is going on...People of Punjab are feeling helpless. They do not know where to go. I request them to wait for just three months as we will give them a stable government,” Arvind Kejriwal said
Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the way things were unfolding on Punjab’s political landscape was really unfortunate and it was nothing but “fight for power”.
“A dirty fight for power is going on...People of Punjab are feeling helpless. They do not know where to go. I request them to wait for just three months as we will give them a stable government,” Kejriwal said as he arrived in the poll-bound state.
The AAP chief congratulated Charanjit Singh Channi on his elevation as chief minister and asked him to “remove” the tainted ministers, MLAs and officers inducted in his cabinet.
“I urge him to fulfil all the promises made by his predecessor Captain Amarinder Singh before the 2017 polls. People of Punjab are looking at five things. First, they want removal of tainted ministers and officers with an immediate effect. Second, they are unhappy over inaction in the 2015 sacrilege cases... Then, there is the issue of unemployment allowance which the state government has not given in the past four-and-a-half years. Also, the waiver of farm loans must be expedited,” he said.
