Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Oct. 22 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday sharply criticised Congress leader Amarinder Singh Raja Warring's remarks on subsidies, warning that a Congress government in Punjab could withdraw free electricity and other welfare benefits provided by the Bhagwant Mann administration.
Kejriwal's criticism followed Warring's statement that, if the Congress returned to power, it would discontinue subsidies for people who did not need them and restrict the benefits to deserving beneficiaries.
The AAP leader interpreted the remarks as a warning sign for households benefiting from the state government's welfare programmes and accused the Congress of threatening financial relief extended to ...