TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Congress won the Karnataka assembly elections by promising free electricity, free ration and unemployment allowance in its poll manifesto, taking cue from the Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday.
He said the AAP has succeeded in its efforts to bring some change in the country’s political discourse as other parties are also now seeking votes on issues like education and health.
He was addressing AAP leaders who won seats in just-concluded Uttar Pradesh local body elections. “The Aam Aadmi Party has tried to change the narrative of the country’s politics. If you look at Karnataka polls, the Congress party has won on our manifesto,” Kejriwal said.
“We said we will provide free electricity, they (Congress) also said so. We said we will provide unemployment allowance, free ration, and Rs 1,000 (per moth to women, They also said so,” he said.