Punjab elections 2022: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday that Amarinder Singh had refused to waive electricity to the poor people of Punjab, for which the Congress party had to remove him from the post of Chief Minister. . Rahul Gandhi said this while addressing an election rally in Fatehgarh Sahib during the Punjab Assembly elections.
Rahul Gandhi said, “When Amarinder Singh was the Chief Minister, I told him that Amarinder Singh and the entire Congress party want that the electricity bill should be completely waived off for the poor people of Punjab. Every farmer of the Congress wants That the electricity bill should be reduced.
Rahul further said, “You people want to know why Amarinder Singh was removed? These are inside things, then I will tell you. Amarinder Singh was removed because he did not waive electricity for the poor people of Punjab and this There was nothing wrong.”
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The Congress MP further said, “Amarinder Singh told me that Rahul we cannot waive the electricity bill because we have contracts with power companies. They have contracts with electricity companies, but they also have contracts with the people of Punjab. He is the Chief Minister of Punjab.”
The Congress MP further said, “I took the same thing to Charanjit Singh Channi and told him that the people of Punjab are in trouble. You forgive the electricity bills. Reduce the electricity rates. Also reduce the price of petrol and diesel. Channi On this question, he did not say that he has contract with companies. He said that give me two-three days to check and after that he called me and told that as the Chief Minister of Punjab, I am giving 1,500 rupees to the people of Punjab. I am forgiving crores of people and returning them.”
Let us inform that Amarind Singh had resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Punjab on September 18, 2021, after which the Congress party elected Charanjit Singh Channi as the new Chief Minister of the state. Amarinder Singh ran the Congress government in Punjab for four and a half years. However, he had to resign a few months before the elections due to a tussle with the high command and the rebellious tone of several MLAs led by Navjot Singh Sidhu. Amarinder Singh is now fighting in alliance with BJP in Punjab Assembly elections along with his new party ‘Lok Insaaf Party’.
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