Industrialists skip AAP's industry manifesto launch

LUDHIANA: The Program conducted to launch

Aam Admi Party

’s trade, industry and transport manifesto in Ludhiana turned out to be more of party’s political rally where the prominent leaders of opposition parties were bashed and it also served as platform for introduction of its MLA candidates contesting on various seats in Punjab. Even though prominent faces city’s trade and industry were missing from the program but party’s leaders put on a brave face and kept boasting about huge presence of traders and industrialists in the program.AAP chief Kejriwal claimed that majority of big industrialists are in touch with AAP but didn't turn up at the event due to fear of Badala.

The main highlights of 21 point manifesto launched by the party was promise of reviving closed and sick units by giving them two year tax holiday and giving package to the industries which have shifted to other states, cancelling the permits of transport companies being run by political leaders and issuing them to unemployed youth, victims of terrorism,1984 riots and retired army personnel and their families, Elimination of reta-bajri mafia in Punjab, mining licenses to young entrepreneurs, reducing electricity rates for industry by reducing corruption and scrapping anti-Punjab power agreements with the private plants. Party has also promised ten year tax holiday for agro based food processing industry and five year tax holiday for the women entrepreneurs and also announced that it will build new focal points, exhibition halls in various cities, start self certification system and single window system.

The marathon speeches by more than ten leaders of the party lasted for well over three hours which covered political aspects and the audience was entertained by party’s state convener, Gurpreet Singh Guggi and member parliament Bhagwant Mann who attacked all the political parties and prominent leaders including chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and State congress president Captain Amrinder Singh. While Guggi accused Captain of being corrupt and make money even out of nappies of kids, Mann said that congress is in coma while Parkash Singh Badal is pleading before Punjabis that if they elect him again he will live longer by ten more years, but who will save Punjabis if Badal continues to rule more. Such humorous attacks by both the comedian turned leaders kept crowd on their feet and earned a huge applause from them.