AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday slammed BJP MP Sunny Deol for «betraying» voters of the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency, saying such «big people» would do nothing for people's welfare. As he asked people to vote for 'aam aadmi' (common man) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Kejriwal exuded confidence that given the amount of love and blessings his party was getting in Punjab, the AAP will win all 13 parliamentary seats in the state in the next year general elections. The Delhi chief minister and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann launched development projects worth Rs 1,854 crore here, including an inter-state bus terminus.
The AAP national convener also trained his guns on MP Sunny Deol for his absence from his constituency. He accused Deol of betraying the voters of Gurdaspur. «Last time, you elected Sunny Deol (from this seat).
Did he ever come? Have you ever seen his face? He never came,» said Kejriwal.
«We thought he was a very big actor and by giving him votes, he will do something. Such big people will do nothing.
Give votes to 'aam aadmi', he will do something for you and he will pick up your phone...» said Kejriwal as he asked people to vote for the AAP in the Lok Sabha elections.
Earlier, Mann too lambasted MP Deol for abandoning his constituency after the Lok Sabha polls.
Mann said such people are insensitive and have no sympathy for the common man.
«He (Deol) came to offer prayers at the Golden Temple for the success of his movie but did not bother to visit his constituency which is just 40 km away. Such people could not understand the pain of common people,» he added.
«He is just moving around with 'dhaai kilo ka haath',» said Mann while taking a dig at Deol and said he could have brought funds from