India, June 14 -- The Punjab government will expand its free pilgrimage programme by adding three new routes covering Salasar Balaji Dham and Khatu Shyam Ji; Haridwar and Rishikesh; and Mathura and Vrindavan, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday.

Addressing a programme in Jalandhar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal said the state was already facilitating free pilgrimages on two routes covering Darbar Sahib-Durgiana Temple-Valmiki Temple and Anandpur Sahib-Naina Devi Temple.

Kejriwal said the government bears the entire cost of the pilgrimages and has deployed Volvo buses for the programme.

"Many 'teerath yatra' (pilgrimages) are being organised. The Punjab Government has ...