Haryana CM accuses AAP government in Punjab of indulging in ‘election-time freebie politics’

A time aft Punjab announed ₹1,000 monthly stipend for women, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini connected Monday (March 9, 2026) accused the Aam Aadmi Party authorities successful Punjab of indulging successful “election-time freebie politics,” asserting that radical successful the State are disillusioned with the authorities and person made up their minds to bring astir a alteration successful powerfulness successful the adjacent Assembly elections.

“The radical successful Punjab are progressively disillusioned with the policies of the ruling AAP authorities and are present looking for an alternate up of the adjacent polls,” helium said astatine a property conference.

Responding to the Punjab government’s fund announcement of providing ₹1,500 to women from the SC class and ₹1,000 to different women, Mr. Saini said the AAP authorities is making these announcements with the upcoming Assembly elections successful mind. However, helium asserted that these announcements would not payment the enactment politically arsenic the radical of Punjab had already decided to bring astir a alteration successful government.

Mr. Saini said that whether it was the earlier Congress governments oregon the contiguous AAP regime, some had a past of making populist promises and distributing “freebies” during elections.

Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, during the ongoing fund session, said the vexation shown by absorption parties implicit the announcement of ₹1,000 per period for women intelligibly reflects their fearfulness of the AAP returning to powerfulness successful Punjab successful 2027.

Concluding the statement connected the question of acknowledgment to the Governor’s address, Mr. Mann said that portion parties specified arsenic the Shiromani Akali Dal, BJP and Congress repeatedly betrayed the nationalist by ignoring their predetermination promises, the AAP authorities has treated its manifesto arsenic a ineffable committedness and fulfilled each warrant for the communal radical wrong conscionable 4 years.