Kejriwal Quotes SRK’s ‘Jawan’, Says AAP Seeks Votes On Promise Of Providing Healthcare, Education

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said this party seeks votes on the promise of providing to education and healthcare.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday, asserted that his party seeks votes from people on the promise of providing them basic necessities like healthcare and education.

Quoting a famous dialogue from Shah Rukh Khan’s blockbuster ‘Jawan’ Kejriwal said: “In the movie ‘Jawan’, Shah Rukh Khan says votes should not be given on the basis of religion and caste, instead ask them if they would give good education & medical care…Only AAP asks for votes on the promise of providing education to their children…”

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The AAP national convener, who is on a three-day visit to Punjab said this while inaugurating a ‘School of Eminence’ in Amritsar today. The Delhi chief minister was flanked by by his Punjab counterpart and senior AAP leader Bhagwant Mann

According to an official statement, this will be the first ‘School of Eminence’ in Punjab and will play a key role in providing quality education to the children of the state, adding more such schools will be opened in Punjab soon.

The ‘School of Eminence’ has smart classrooms, modern infrastructure and labs, and playgrounds having facilities for various sports, the statement said.

Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said the schools will be a harbinger of a bright future for the students. Bains said the AAP had promised the people of Punjab that government schools would be at par with private institutions and the ‘Schools of Eminence’ are a step in that direction.

“We had given a guarantee that government schools will be made the best. These ‘Schools of Eminence’ will bring revolution in education,” Bains said.

The AAP government plans to have 116 such schools across Punjab and develop them as centres of excellence for the students of Classes 9 to 12.

Kejriwal, who is on a three-day visit to Punjab, will address a public gathering in Amritsar later in the day along with Mann.

Kejriwal and Mann will also hold meetings with entrepreneurs in Amritsar and Jalandhar on Thursday during which issues being faced by them, including policy-related matters, will be discussed.

(With PTI inputs)