AAP will win Gujarat assembly polls: Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made a written assertion that the Aam Aadmi Party AAP will form government in Gujarat after the upcoming Assembly pollsHe also urged government employees in Gujarat to back the AAP while promising implementation of the old pension scheme for them by January 31 next yearAddressing a press conference in Surat AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal said his predictions for the Delhi and Punjab Assembly elections came true and the same will happen in Gujarat as wellHe claimed people are so scared of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP that they shy away from openly admitting support for the AAP in the Gujarat Assembly elections scheduled in two phases on December 1 and 5I am going to make a prediction in writing in front of you allNote down the prediction that the AAP is going to form government in Gujarat After 27 years of misgovernance the citizens of Gujarat will get relief from these people BJP Kejriwal saidAlso Read Bhupendra Patel is puppet CM can not even change his peon Arvind KejriwalHe then wrote his prediction on a piece of paper and showed it to media personsThe AAP national convener asked government employees seeking the old pension scheme among other demands to help his party form government in the stateThe Gujarat government had introduced a new contributory pension scheme NPS for employees joining the service on or after April 1 2005According to the notification it will make a matching contribution of 10 per cent of the basic pay plus dearness allowance contributed by the employees in the NPS fund Under the Centres scheme the government will contribute 14 per cent against an employees contribution of 10 per cent of hisher salary and DA with effect from April 1 2019After protests by employees the state government had said the new pension will not be applicable to those employees who had joined duty before April 2005 It also promised to increase its contribution in the fund to 14 per cent from the 10 per cent earlierThe employees have staged massive agitations against the government in Gujarat while demanding restoration of the OPS because they believe the NPS is not in the interest of retiring employeesKejriwal said By January 31 we will issue a notification for implementing the old pension scheme in Gujarat I am not just talking In Punjab we have issued the notificationOther contractual employees policemen state transport workers village computer entrepreneurs anganwadi workers teachers health workers talatis sanitation workers have different issues related to grade pay permanent job increase of wages and transfer posting he notedI assure them that we will resolve their issues I request them all with folded hands that for a party to win an election the support of government employees is important I would appeal to them to give every single vote to the AAP in postal ballot and canvass for the party during the next threefour days he saidThe BJP was agitated because it was staring at defeat and the Congress was nowhere in the picture he claimedIt is the first time in 27 years that the BJP is so agitated You go out on a street and ask people whom they would vote for They would either say the AAP or the BJP Those who say they would vote for the BJP reveal after five minutes that they and their entire mohalla were going to vote for broom AAPs poll symbol Kejriwal saidThe AAP leader said looking at peoples reaction it appeared everyone was deserting the BJP to vote for the AAPWe have contested elections in many states but Gujarat is the first state where people are scared of declaring whom they would vote for The common man is scared Second the Congress voters are nowhere to be found and third the BJP supporters are going to vote for the AAP in large numbers he further claimedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever