Will make Guru Ki Nagari Amritsar ‘World Icon City’: Arvind Kejriwal
CHANDIGARH: Giving a major jolt to Congress party, Karamjit Singh Rintu Congress leader and Mayor of holy city of Amritsar today joined the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP).
Rintu joined AAP during a press conference in Chandigarh in the presence of Selhi Chief Minister Arving Kejriwal and AAP Punjab president Bhagwant Mann. Rintu was interested in Congress party ticket from Amritsar north seat. Revolt by Karamjit Singh Rintu has posed serious problem with Congress candidate and former mayor Sunil Dutti.
Rintu tweeted: "People of Punjab want to 'sweep' away misrule now. They want to welcome a prosperous future with @AamAadmiParty and I am all for it, as I conveyed the same to Shri @ArvindKejriwal ji."
Addressing the media during a press conference in Chandigarh, Arvind Kejriwal thanked Karamjit Singh Rintu and said that with his support Aam Aadmi Party has become very strong in Punjab especially in Amritsar. We are confident that Aam Aadmi Party will win all the seats in Amritsar and form the government with a huge majority.
Arvind Kejriwal has made a big announcement for the Sikh Sangat who reach in lakhs every day to visit Sri Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar. Kejriwal announced that when the AAP government is formed, the Guru ki Nagari Amritsar will be developed anew and will make it a 'World Icon City'.
AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal and AAP's Punjab chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann made this announcement for Sikh devotees by holding a press conference in Mohali on Wednesday. Kejriwal said that the people of Punjab have been demanding for many years to make Amritsar a world icon city, but the demand has not been fulfilled till date. I want to assure that the Aam Aadmi Party government will take all possible steps to make Amritsar a world icon city and fulfil all the wishes of the people and devotees of Punjab.