Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann kicked off the Aam Aadmi Party's grassroots election campaign on Sunday from Dhuri. He went door-to-door, carrying the state government's four-and-a-half-year report card directly to residents' homes. The central message of the outreach is 'Mann Da Munafa'.
Mann highlighted the tangible financial impact of his government's initiatives. He claimed that every family in Punjab is now receiving an annual benefit of ₹1.82 lakh. This figure, he stated, is derived from savings on free electricity, healthcare, education, and the Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojna. He urged families to calculate their monthly savings themselves, arguing that this real-world math speaks louder than any political speech. "This is not an abstract figure," Mann said. "It represents the money that a household no longer has to take out of its own pocket."
The campaign strategy is explicitly positive and focused on delivery. Mann stated that AAP will go to every household in Punjab with a record of work completed since 2022. He pointed to specific examples, including zero electricity bills for lakhs of households and the expansion of primary healthcare. This, he said, means basic medical needs like a fever or a diagnostic test no longer force families to borrow money. Improvements in government schools are also being cited to alleviate the burden of private education fees.
Beyond urban services, Mann emphasized a shift in rural resource allocation. He stated that for the first time in Punjab's history, every village is receiving crores of rupees directly from the state government. These funds, he noted, are being distributed to panchayats for locally identified projects like streets, drainage, water supply, and community buildings. This represents a change not just in the amount of money, but in the decentralized way it reaches the ground level.
While focusing on his government's achievements, Mann did not shy away from challenging the opposition. He questioned their track record and specifically raised the issue of drugs as a key point of contention. The door-to-door campaign is now expected to expand across all constituencies in Punjab, with Mann and AAP leaders continuing to interact directly with voters, including the elderly, women, and youth, to build a direct, personal connection ahead of the state elections.