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‘Copycat’, ‘no understanding’: Capt Amarinder, Akali Dal slam AAP’s industry manifesto
Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s promises to the industry as another theatrical gimmick, lacking understanding and silent on key issues.
Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s promises to the industry as another theatrical gimmick, lacking understanding and silent on key issues.
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“From reduction in power tariff to Value Added Tax (VAT) reduction and simplification, revival of sick units, new industrial township in Rupnagar and end to mafia raj, our party has already promised relief to trade and industry. What Arvind Kejriwal has done is simply picked up these points and packaged them in his industry manifesto for Punjab,” said
Capt Amarinder, adding that even the promise to end the power purchase agreements with private players is a commitment of the Congress.
Kejriwal a copycat: SAD
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday termed AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal “the biggest copycat” who blatantly steals ideas from its manifestos and re-packages them as his own.
In a statement, SAD secretary and education minister Daljit Singh Cheema said the promises made by Kejriwal while releasing his party’s manifesto in Ludhiana on Sunday, including regularising illegal colonies and abolishing Value Added Tax(VAT), could best be termed as copied ideas because the SAD-BJP government had already taken action on these fronts.
