Surat, March 9 Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the BJP "drained Gujarat dry" during its 30-year rule and committed atrocities on those who questioned it.
Addressing party workers at the grassroots level here, he urged people in the state to bring about change by voting for AAP.
"The BJP is full of arrogance and has been committing atrocities on everyone who questioned its policies on good governance. The BJP has ruled the state for the last 30 years, and during this period, they have exploited Gujarat. They have taken everything. If anyone raises their voice, they are subjected to violence and thrown into jail on false charges," the former Delhi chief minister alleged.
"Farmers are angry with the BJP (for the atrocities at Haddad village last year) and want to take revenge in the election. They will teach the BJP a lesson across Gujarat (in the 2027 assembly polls)," he added.
Unlike leaders from the BJP and Congress, leaders of AAP come from ordinary families, not from the families of politicians, he said.
"In AAP, your children will get tickets, not the sons of politicians. This time, the people of Gujarat should make a pledge to bring about a change in the system and form their own government, rather than voting for the BJP or Congress. Punjab has a government of the people, where you get free electricity for agriculture and household use, and Rs 10 lakh health insurance. If you want free electricity here, form your own government," he said.
The youth in Gujarat are being supplied with spurious liquor and drugs whenever they ask the government for jobs, Kejriwal said, and urged people to "wake up" and not continue voting for the BJP.
Kejriwal claimed that 12 bridges have collapsed in Gujarat in the last five years, but the people of the state still refuse to wake up.
"People should repeat Visavadar across Gujarat, where a man from a simple family was elected as an AAP MLA," he said, referring to Gopal Italia.
In Punjab, every woman will receive Rs 1000 in their accounts every month, and this can happen in Gujarat as well if a people's government is formed, Kejriwal said.
"We have to save Gujarat for the coming generation. Our forefathers – Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi – struggled and sacrificed their lives. We will all have to wake up and take responsibility. The youth must give two years of their lives to AAP, and see how we change Gujarat's fate," he said.