Arvind Kejriwal slams 'ally' Congress' govt schools in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, announces 10 'guarantees'

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Arvind Kejriwal is on a day long visit to campaign in poll bound Chhattisgarh. At an election rally, Delhi chief minister Kejriwal slammed Opposition bloc INDIA alliance Congress, and their government in the state for ‘terrible’ condition of schools in the state. The statement comes days after Congress spokesperson Alka Lamba has said Delhi Congress had been urged to make poll preparations for all seven seats.

This sparked outraged in AAP leaders in Delhi who said there was ‘no point in having the INDIA alliance’ in such a case. "It has been 76 years since India got its independence, but I have not seen a single party apart from AAP which says it will build schools and hospitals. We are not politicians and we didn't enter politics to make money," CM Kejriwal said at the elections rally.

"I was reading a report, government schools in Chhattisgarh are in terrible condition. However, look at the condition of government schools in Delhi. For the first time since Independence, a government has come that is doing so much for the education sector," he slammed the Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel led state government.

Seeking to make inroads in Chhattisgarh, Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced ten "guarantees" for the upcoming assembly polls in the Congress-ruled state including free electricity, monthly `samman rashi' for women and ₹3,000 monthly allowance for the unemployed. Addressing an AAP workers' convention here, the Delhi chief minister said his party's governments in Delhi and Punjab have fulfilled the guarantees given to people, and if it comes to power in Chhattisgarh, it would do the same thing. “Today I am giving you ten guarantees which are not like a fake manifesto or `sankalp patra'.