Punjab: AAP fulfils poll promise, announces 300 units of free power to families each month
India Today
The Punjab government on Friday rolled out its first pre-election guarantee of providing 300 units of free power every month to the residents of the state.
Less than four months after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power with a thumping majority in Punjab, the party’s government on Friday fulfilled its first guarantee of providing 300 units of power free every month to all Punjabis, starting from Friday (July 1).
“The guarantee of providing free electricity up to 300 units has started from July 1, 2022...This means that people will get free power as they will have zero amount of electricity bills,” said the chief minister.
Mann, in another landmark decision, also declared that in a major relief to the common man across the state, “all electricity bills, prior to December 31, 2021, will be waived off”.
The chief minister categorically said that it was a big reprieve for the people of the state who were hitherto shelling out money for paying huge power bills. “From now onwards, all consumers will get 300 units of power free, which will mitigate the woes of the common man,” he added.
Mann added that the state government is committed to fulfilling every guarantee promised to the people of the state.
Meanwhile, training his guns at the Opposition, the chief minister said that previous governments made tall promises to people during the polls but they were hardly fulfilled in five years. However, he said that the AAP government has set a new precedent by fulfilling one after another guarantee with every passing day.
