Over 7 lakh families covered under 'Punjab Jodo' campaign: AAP

Aam Aadmi Party today claimed to have connected with 7.10 lakh households under its door-to-door campaign in Punjab.
"AAP had initiated 'parivar jodo' campaign just a week ago and has been successful in binding more than 7.10 lakh households in the state," AAP Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann said in a release here.
He said according to the 2011 census, there are 55 lakh households in Punjab.
The AAP is targeting families in order to take its agenda to people ahead of 2017 assembly polls in the state.
"In the next few months, the party with the help of volunteers shall cover all households at least six times before the state assembly polls are announced," he said.

The volunteers informed the families about the ideology of the AAP and how it planned to bring qualitative changes in their lives, which successive political parties such as SAD, BJP and Congress have "miserably failed" to do, he said.

"During our interaction with the families, we learn about problems of various sections. They are completely fed up with the corrupt traditional political parties," he alleged.
They were also told about the various achievements of the Delhi government headed by Arvind Kejriwal.
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Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party described the engagement of poll strategist Prashant Kishor by Congress for 2017 Punjab assembly polls, as "gimmick" and said it shows that PCC Chief Amarinder Singh "has no faith" in his own party workers.

"The engagement of Prashant Kishor, the man credited with the JDU-RJD victory in Bihar, to manage the Congress campaign in Punjab is another gimmick," the AAP state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur said.
Kishor was also credited with scripting the victory of BJP in last Lok Sabha polls.
Sangrur MP, Bhagwant Mann speaking at AAP'S political
conference here on occasion of Baisakhi in his own inimitable style expressed concern about the degeneration of Punjab in every sphere.
"What will happen to Punjab which is being ruled by 'Blackias and Smackias', where farmers arebeing humiliated and women are not being safe".
"No one in the world can say today that Punjab is the same prosperous state which it used to be many decades before. One can see Punjab being projected prosperous only on Badal's news channel," said Mann.

Mann also made fun of SAD holding dharnas on Tuesday all across Punjab against AAP for demolishing Piao in Delhi.
Coming down heavily on Amarinder Singh, Mann said the former is a non serious politician and doesn't care about the people who elect him.
"When he was elected MLA in 2012 he didn't go to Vidhan Sabha at all. Similarly he didn't enter Lok Sabha after winning from Amritsar as MP. This shows he is only interested in winning but not keen to take up people's issues in the Vidhan Sabha or the Parliament", said Mann.
Mann said even Punjab Police a strong force of 75,000 was completely fed up from Sukhbir Badal. "They are also from our families and are not happy to register false cases against innocent people. But people like Sukhbir and Majithia force them to register false cases to settle political scores. Once AAP comes to power we will take care of them and even give them overtime if they work more than the requisite hours of duty', said Mann.

Noted artist and Senior AAP leader Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi while speaking on the occasion said seeing such a sea of people he said he was sure that AAP has announced its arrival Punjab.
"Badals have become even worse than Ahmed Shah Abdali, a muslim raider who used to come from Central Asia to loot and plunder the wealth of Punjab. "
Badals have captured all businesses may it be cable, transport, sand, gravel, liquor, hotels and even the media. "The time has come to throw them out of power so that people's rule can be established in Punjab", said Ghuggi.