With an eye on the 2017 Punjab Assembly election, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) head and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the youth manifesto of his party for upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. He termed it as “for the youth, of the youth and by the youth”.
The 51 points manifesto, prepared by the party’s Punjab Dialogue Committee — headed by veteran journalist Kanwar Sandhu — promises to end the drug menace in a month, revamp education and end unemployment.
“Our endeavour is to make the Punjab youth job creators, instead of job seekers,” the party said in the manifesto, prepared by Punjab Dialogue Committee Chairman Kanwar Sandhu, adding that 25 lakh jobs and employment opportunities will be created in the next five years.
Addressing a gathering, Kejriwal said the ‘vision document’ was a commitment to the youth to make Punjab corruption-free, pass the Jan Lokpal Bill, crack down on the drug scourge, overhaul governance and revive the dying industry. He said the committee had finalised the manifesto after incorporating inputs from youngsters across the state.
Free Wi-Fi hotspots will be set up in all villages, cities and government colleges. This will provide connectivity to hundreds of thousands of youths in both rural and urban areas, it said.
The AAP national convenor started his three-day visit by visiting the Golden Temple and Drugiyana temple in Amritsar. He then addressed a rally where he laid out his road map for development of the young people of Punjab.
Kejriwal claimed that AAP would win at least 100 of the 117 assembly seats in the state.
Addressing a rally, he said if his party came to power, those responsible for the desecration of Quran and Guru Granth Sahib would be behind bars within a month.