People Happy, Opposition Worried About State Coffers: Arvind Kejriwal On AAP's Punjab Poll Promise

Arvind Kejriwal said that Congress, BJP and Akali Dal have been ruling for years and had already emptied Punjab's coffers.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at his critics for questioning the AAP's poll promise of transferring Rs 1,000 per month to all women in Punjab if voted to power in 2022.

"Congress, BJP, and Akali Dal are criticizing me saying that the government coffers will become if this is done," Mr Kejriwal said in Punjabi in a video message.

He also said that these dynastic parties have been ruling for years and had already emptied the state's coffers.

Last week, Mr Kejriwal had announced that if the Aam Aadmi Party is voted to power in the 2022 Punjab assembly polls, Rs 1,000 would be transferred monthly into the account of every woman in the state who is over 18 years old.