Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced two more “guarantees” to the people of Punjab in a run-up to 2022 state assembly polls.
Leading the party’s ‘Tiranga Yatra’ (tricolour march) — second in the State after first such yatra in Pathankot, Kejriwal promised to set up an International Airport and to develop biggest Sports University at Jalandhar if voted to power.
“India's biggest Sports University will be built in Jalandhar when the Aam Aadmi Party government is formed in Punjab in 2022,” he announced.
“Doaba is a stronghold of non-resident Indians (NRIs). People here have to go to Delhi, Chandigarh, and Amritsar to catch flights. The people of Jalandhar will not have to travel far to catch a flight after the formation of the AAP Government,” he said while promising that ‘Aap ki Sarkar’ will build an International Airport in Jalandhar for the convenience of the people here.
The entire Jalandhar city came to standstill during AAP’s Tiranga Yatra, which painted the city in the colour of patriotism with thousands of enthusiastic AAP workers and supporters holding tricolor in hands and reverberating slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.
Thanking the people of Jalandhar, Kejriwal said: “It is a wonderful tricolour procession. The people of Jalandhar showered us with lots of love and blessings. We want to make Punjab prosperous. We want to take the State forward by establishing peace and brotherhood here.”
Referring to Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution of India, Kejriwal said that despite being born in a poor Dalit family, Babasaheb had many higher educational degrees, including degrees from many foreign universities.
“Babasaheb's wish was that the whole country should become educated. Be it rich or poor, upper caste or lower caste, everyone should get equal education. Our Delhi government gave utmost importance to education to make India of Baba Saheb’s dreams and provided opportunity to all students to get world-class education,” he said.
“With the formation of AAP government, Punjab’s government education system will also be reformed and improved. Maximum benefit of which will be given to the children of poor families,” said Kejriwal adding that the darkness of poverty in the country can be eradicated only with the light of education and we are working on this mission.