MOHALI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fulfils its promise of free healthcare in Punjab as National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann launch the ‘Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna’ (MMSY) in Mohali, extending free treatment of up to ₹10 lakh to every family in the state. With the scheme now in force, even the most expensive private hospitals previously accessible only to the wealthy are opened to the poor, marking a decisive shift in public welfare delivery.
Punjab, under the AAP government, now becomes the first state in the country to guarantee free healthcare, free education, free electricity, and free bus travel for women, while Arvind Kejriwal asserts that power-hungry opposition parties remain consumed by internal battles, and that only the AAP can secure a safe future for Punjab. On this occasion, AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Singh Mann handed over Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna cards to some of the eligible beneficiaries.
During the launch of the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal said that today is not just a big and historic day for Punjab, but for the entire country. “The work that is going to be done in Punjab today should perhaps have been done back in 1950. All those who fought for independence did not struggle so that one day the British would leave and our own governments would be formed, only for those governments to do nothing for the people, ” he said.
The AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal said that when he and CM Bhagwant Mann went campaigning, they used to give guarantees. At that time, they spoke of “Kejriwal’s Guarantees, ” one of which was a health guarantee, that free and quality healthcare would be provided for every person and every citizen of Punjab. “People did not believe it back then, ” he said.
He pointed out that these are not ordinary clinics, and stated, “Over the last 75 years, the Akali Dal, BJP, and Congress governments together opened only 400 primary health centers, while the present government has built 1, 000 mohalla clinics in just four years, and another 500 are under construction.”
CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said the scheme has been launched for the welfare of every section of society, inspired by the teachings of Guru Sahiban. “Health cards will be issued to all 65 lakh families, covering nearly three crore citizens of Punjab, ” he said, adding that for the first time no income limit has been fixed for any health scheme in the state. “With the launch of this scheme today, Punjab has set a new benchmark for the entire country, ” the Chief Minister said, underlining that Punjab has now become the first state to provide free healthcare, free education, free electricity, and free bus travel for women.