Kejriwal dares Channi on power bills

Mohali: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he is sending his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi copies of one lakh ‘zero’ amount Delhi electricity bills and dared him to show even 1,000 such bills of his state.

Kejriwal, while addressing a gathering here, said unlike his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which delivers on its promises such as free electricity, Chief Minister and Congress leader Channi makes “false announcements every day”.

Last year, Kejriwal had announced 100 per cent subsidy for those Delhi households which consume up to 200 units of electricity. Consumers of 201-400 units received approximately 50 per cent subsidy.

The AAP, which is the main opposition party in Punjab, has announced that if it wins in the 2022 assembly polls in the state, it will make up to 300 units of electricity free. Kejriwal, at the gathering, presented copies of one lakh electricity bills of Delhi consumers, claiming that these were “zero bills”. He said he has already announced to make up to 300 units of electricity free in Punjab, if the AAP comes to power next year.

Following the AAP’s announcement, Channi claimed that electricity has been made “free: in the state, Kejriwal said and asked those present at the gathering if any of them have got zero amount power bills so far. “Did he (Channi) lie,” Kejriwal asked. -(PTI)