AAP will replicate the Delhi model of development in Punjab in education and health sectors by setting up mohalla clinics and improving the standard of education if voted to power in the assembly polls, its leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said.
Sisodia said quality medical facilities would be provided to people in Punjab through mohalla clinics as has already been done in Delhi.
He said if the party forms the government in the state after the assembly polls on February 4, it would work to improve the standard of education in government-run schools and ensure students from poor section of society get enrolled.
Addressing a rally in Banga near Nawanshahr, he said to implement those initiatives funds would be made available by ending corruption and increasing revenue earnings of Punjab.
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has set up mohalla clinics as the first part of a three-tier healthcare model. These mohalla clinics provide immediate consultation and are equipped to conduct tests and initial diagnosis.
AAP now claims that it will replicate the same model in Punjab, if the party is voted to power in the state.
Sisodia also said a comprehensive policy for development of sports would be formulated to wean the youth away from drugs - an issue that has recently dominated the headlines.
The deputy chief minister of Delhi promised to introduce and improve some other initiatives such as enhancing compensation to farmers in cases of loss of crops.
"Let February 4, the polling day in Punjab, be a day for opting for a bright future for the state," he said.
Two days after he urged the people of Punjab to vote believing they were voting for Arvind Kejriwal as chief minister and later Kejriwal clarifying he would stay put in Delhi, Sisodia said the chief minister would be from Punjab but Kejriwal would ensure all poll promises made by the party are fulfilled.
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Later addressing a gathering in Hoshiarpur, Sisodia urged the people of Punjab to vote for the party's candidates, claiming they were capable of raising common man's voice.
Sisodia alleged that the Badal family has ruined the business environment of the state. "The anti-people policies of Badals have forced traders and industrialists to wind up their businesses and surrender before them," he claimed.
The AAP leader said only an AAP government can take the steps it took in Delhi after forming the government there.
"Only AAP government has dared to take business-friendly steps," he claimed adding that the "Delhi model" will be implemented in Punjab.
Sisodia alleged that the drug menace created by the Akalis has ruined the lives of the youth in Punjab in the state.
He said anyone found responsible for the menace will be sent behind bars if AAP forms the government in the state.
