The story so far: With the polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections halfway complete, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the latest to unroll its ‘guarantees’ to voters if elected to power. A day after AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was released on interim bail from Tihar Jail, he swung into campaign mode, attacking his chief contender — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging people to vote against ‘dictatorship.’
As of date, three national parties — the BJP, Congress and AAP — have issued a list of ‘guarantees’ targetting different strata of society, detailing schemes and freebies it would dole out if elected to power. The concept of listing ‘guarantees’ most recently proved successful during the Congress campaigns in Telangana and Karnataka in 2023. Prior to this, AAP had also rolled a slew of ‘promises’ targeting different occupational communities during the 2021 State elections in Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab.
Here’s a look at the three lists of “guarantees” and what electoral issues they seek to address.
