Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday announced that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will provide up to 300 units of free electricity to domestic users in Uttar Pradesh if the party is voted to power in the coming assembly polls due early next year.
The AAP has made similar promises in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa where assembly polls are due early next year.
Speaking to media in Lucknow, Sisodia said, “Under chief minister Arvind Kejriwal people in Delhi are getting zero electricity bills. We will do the same in Uttar Pradesh.”
He also promised to cancel pending electricity bills of 4.8million families in the state. “There are 4.8million families in Uttar Pradesh that receive hefty electricity bills. There pending bills will be cancelled,” he said.
