Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Feb 14. Aam Aadmi Party Punjab Convenor, Mr Sucha Singh Chhotepur welcomed Captain Amarinder Singh’s reported move to raise an army of volunteers to reach out to voters along the lines of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
In a press release here today he said the move was a belated recognition of the need for parties and politicians to reach out to the common voter, the ‘aam aadmi of Punjab,
He however added that the task was not as simple as just ‘recruiting volunteers’. If people were responding to AAP it was because the party offered a positive alternative, a model that had been proven despite all odds in Delhi. It also explained the tremendous public response to AAPs recent Parivar Jodo initiative that had unnerved other parties.
The Congress, which had ruled Punjab for long periods, was a discredited party and was now looking to empty slogans like the Pagri Sambhal Kisana, which did not offer a long-term solution to farmer problems. By contrast the AAP government in Delhi had quickly responded to rain-hit farmers in Delhi and released Rs 50,000 per hectare as compensation. It had also developed a sustainable model.
Terming the engagement of Mr Prashant Kishor, the man credited with the JDU-RJD victory in Bihar, to manage the Congress campaign in Punjab as another gimmick, he said this betrayed Punjab Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh’s lack of confidence in his own party workers.
