Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said his government was fulfilling the guarantee given to the people of the state as every household would get 300 units of free electricity every month from Friday. The AAP government had earlier announced to provide 300 units of free electricity to every household from July 1.
“Previous governments used to make promises during elections, five years used to pass for fulfillment of promises but our government has set a new example in the history of Punjab. Today we are going to fulfill another guarantee given to Punjabis. From today every family of Punjab will get 300 units of free electricity every month.
Previous governments used to make promises during elections..5 years would have passed by the time the promises were fulfilled.
But our government has set a new example in the history of Punjab.. Today we are going to fulfill another guarantee given to Punjabis.
From today, every family in Punjab will get 300 units of electricity free of cost every month. pic.twitter.com/5wspG9nga1
— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) 1 July 2022
One of the major promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party during the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections was to provide 300 units of free electricity to every household every month.
AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said that Punjab has become the second state after Delhi to provide free electricity to the people. “Today is a historic day as Punjab has become the second state after Delhi to get free lifeline electricity. For Punjabis ‘Kejriwal Di Pehli Guarantee’ has become a reality.
Today is a historic day as Punjab has become the second state after Delhi to get free lifeline electricity. “Kejriwal Di Pehli Guarantee” became a reality for Punjabis pic.twitter.com/bBMuY7qHX
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) 1 July 2022
Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, while presenting the AAP-government’s first budget on June 27, had said that providing 300 units of free electricity would put an additional burden of Rs 1,800 crore on the exchequer. AAP Government is fulfilling its first guarantee given to the people of Punjab by providing 300 units of domestic electricity supply per month free of cost to all citizens of Punjab from 1st July.
“This will give a big relief to Punjabis, who are facing exorbitant electricity bills,” Cheema said. He also said that the state government has already planned to finance the scheme by cutting wasteful expenditure and increasing its own tax revenue.
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