Episode no. 59
This interview with Anandpur Sahib Constituency In-charge and Chief Spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party Malvinder Kang was published on 5 August 2022. At the beginning of the interview, he was asked why people are losing faith in the Aam Aadmi Party in just a few months? So he said that people’s trust has increased more on the government and after coming to power the government is also doing many things like freeing panchayat lands from possession and 1 MLA 1 pension, recruitment in electricity and irrigation department etc. He said that to strengthen Punjab economically, the government is giving MSP to the farmers and also giving an incentive of Rs 1500 for direct sowing. Malvinder Kang said that the government is also working against corruption and VIP culture. The journalist also asked Kang questions about the leaked information about the withdrawal of Sidhu Moosewala’s security by the government and about giving justice to the family by punishing his killers. Kang said that the legal system in Punjab is also being fully reformed by the government. When the journalist asked Kang why the police lathi-charged the unemployed who were protesting outside the chief minister’s residence to get jobs. So Kang said that he opposes this but there is a constitutional process to give jobs so the government is taking time. Regarding the advertisement by the government in Haryana, Himachal and Gujarat, he said that despite the advertisement, the government has saved a lot of money which will be used for the benefit of the people. Clarifying his stand on SYL, Kang said that Punjab has absolutely no water to give to any other state. Apart from this, many other important issues were openly discussed by the journalist with Malwinder Kang.
~kulwinder kaur bajwa