Calling upon the traders, businessmen, and industrialists to bring a business revolution in Amritsar, AAP’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced seven guarantees for trade, commerce, and industrial development including setting up of a commission, abolishing ‘inspector raj’, fixing VAT refunds, ensuring power supply, setting up of Punjab Bazaar portal, improving law and order and construction and development of focal points.
“Punjab’s land has the great potential to revolutionize. But due to wrong policies of the Congress and the Akali Dal, youth are going abroad. Therefore, every trader, entrepreneur, farmer, labourer, woman and student of Punjab must press the ‘broom’ button once to bring revolution in the state,” said Kejriwal, who was accompanied by Punjab affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh, co-in-charge Raghav Chadha, MLA Aman Arora, and senior leader Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh.
Kejriwal, who held a meeting with traders, businessmen, and industrialists as part of AAP’s ‘Kejriwal di Galbaat’ program in Amritsar and shared strategies. After seeking the views of traders, Kejriwal said, “Whatever announcements or guarantees Kejriwal makes, Chief Minister Channi pretends to fulfil them and releases advertisements in the newspapers. But at the grassroots level, the Channi government is not doing anything because its intentions and policies are not clear.”
Expressing his business mission, Kejriwal gave seven guarantees to the traders, businessmen and industrialists of Amritsar, which would be implemented immediately after the formation of the AAP government.
Guaranteeing to set up a commission, Kejriwal said: “It will have only traders and businessmen as its members, who will make decisions and formulate policies. Government officials and political leaders will not join the commission.”
Promising to end ‘inspector raj’, he said that the atmosphere of fear in the business sector would be eradicated and weekly collection and ‘goonda’ taxes would be stopped. “The issue of VAT refund would be resolved within six months after the formation of the AAP government in Punjab,” he added.
Promising power reforms, Kejriwal said: “Relief from power cuts would be provided and power supply would be maintained 24 hours and seven days. Even in Delhi, the condition of power was very bad. But when the AAP government came, the power infrastructure was improved and proper and cheap power was provided.”
