Gurdaspur, March 10 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said that Punjab is witnessing a decisive shift from decades of political exploitation to an era of development, education reform and welfare-driven governance, asserting that the people of the state would once again pick the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He accused the previous governments of Congress and the former Akali Dal-BJP alliance of neglecting public welfare.

Addressing a gathering in Qadian in the border district of Gurdaspur after laying the foundation stone for the renovation of 237 rural link roads worth Rs.168.44 crore covering nearly 497 km, the chief minister said the state government was strengthening rural infrastructure, creating jobs and transforming gover...