Create a “new-engine government”: AAP’s Manish Sisodia for Himachal voters

Palampur (Himachal Pradesh):

Delhi’s deputy chief minister and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday appealed to the people of Himachal Pradesh, who were tied to the election, to give his party a chance and this time create a “new engine” government in the state to make.

Referring to the “twin-engine government” motive of the BJP’s poll campaign, he claimed it was steering Himachal Pradesh in the wrong direction and not in the direction of good schools, good hospitals and jobs.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is a new party in the state and people should give it a chance, Delhi’s deputy prime minister said.

“The BJP says make a twin-engine government. Congress says the BJP is bad, make our government. Don’t make a twin-engine government this time, make a new government,” said Mr. Sisodia.

On Congress’ poll promise to revive the old pension scheme, he claimed it was bluffing on the matter. “No state other than Punjab has implemented the old pension scheme,” he said.

The old pension scheme and unemployment have emerged as key polls in the November 12 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.

Mr Sisodia said the people of Himachal Pradesh have always changed governments after five years “because neither side has done a good job. They have not built good schools and good hospitals, and made education expensive and electricity cheap.”

“The people of Delhi gave Arvind Kejriwal a chance and now they have forgotten both the BJP and Congress. You can see that government schools (in Delhi) have become better than private schools. Delhi’s hospitals have become great and everyone gets free treatment there,” he claimed.

“When the people of Punjab gave Bhagwant Maan a chance, the schools of the state have also become great. Mohalla clinics and hospitals have become better,” said Sisodia.

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