Mann is just ‘mukhota’, Punjab govt being run by AAP’s ‘rejected leaders’: Delhi CM

Launching a scathing attack on the AAP-led Punjab government, Gupta said drug menace is rampant in the state. She added that “Punjab has been converted into a Chitta Express” under the AAP’s rule. Gupta said the people of Ludhiana West will vote wisely and make the BJP candidate victorious.

She also claimed that AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal had made “tall promises” to the people of Delhi as well as Punjab but now stood exposed.

She also accused him of “widespread corruption and mismanagement during AAP’s 10 years in power in Delhi.” Gupta said that “new cases have been filed against Kejriwal and his team”, adding “that those currently out on bail could soon be imprisoned.”

Gupta criticized the AAP government in Delhi for “failing to present a single CAG report in the assembly over the past decade”. She also highlighted that former Delhi minister Manish Sisodia has failed to respond to summons.
Gupta asked the AAP what is the fate of their promises to improve health infrastructure and schools.

“What about your promise to end drug problem in Punjab? What have you done for these years?…People have died due to consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab, what are you doing? Kejriwal should answer what happened to his promises. I will not ask Mann as he is only a “mukhota” (mask), the government here is being run by their leaders from Delhi who have been rejected by the people there,” she said.

Gupta accused Kejriwal of displaying “false Punjabiyat today”.

“When you were in power in Delhi for a decade, not even one minister in Kejriwal’s Cabinet was from the Sikh community. Did you not find them able? While in power in Delhi, you never did anything for the Sikhs,” she said.
Gupta said the process of delivering justice to the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims truly began after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power.

She also said that her government recently handed over job appointment letters to the families of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims.

In present BJP government in Delhi, you will see a minister from the Sikh community, from the Punjabi community, she added.

Escalating her attack, Gupta said Mann has been made powerless. “The chief minister is seen only in the advertisements, what have you left him with. Entire administration in Punjab is being run by the rejected AAP leaders of Delhi.

Be it (Manish) Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Bibhav Kumar, Raghav Chadha. Who among them is of Punjab origin? Who among these knows the problems of Punjab? They are only power hungry. They lost power in Delhi and quickly descended on Punjab,” she said.

She added, “People of Delhi took 10 years to send Kejriwal out of power, but Punjabis are wiser enough to make a good choice, and they have understood completely that time has come to give farewell to the AAP government from here as well.”