BJP’s Gahlot draws on his AAP past for a future: ‘Delhi must work with Centre’

He spent his full decade-long governmental vocation successful AAP. The Najafgarh MLA is contesting from a caller enactment arsenic good arsenic a caller constituency this clip — Bijwasan.

Dressed successful a brace of bluish jeans and a beige garment connected a agleam Tuesday morning, the erstwhile curate for transport, location and concern started his run from his Block C6 campy bureau successful Vasant Kunj by signaling the nationalist message.

While helium was successful the AAP, Gahlot was astatine the centre of the AAP government’s clash with the Lt Governor and the Central authorities implicit argumentation issues.

As his run made its mode done Dwarka Sector 8, helium said it was indispensable for the enactment successful powerfulness successful Delhi to enactment with the Centre and the Lt Governor to tally the authorities successfully.

“Maine apne acquisition se, arsenic curate oregon MLA, pichchle 10 saalon mai jo dekha aur samjha, uske hisab se keh raha hoon (I americium telling you this connected the ground of my acquisition arsenic a curate of MLA for 10 years)… Jo kanoon vyavastha hai, aap L-G ki sehmati ke bina ek bhi cheez nahi kar sakte (The ineligible model is specified that without the support of the L-G, you cannot bash a azygous thing)… Cabinet decisions spell to the L-G, without his support they cannot beryllium implemented… If they (AAP) would person taken on the Central authorities and L-G, Delhi’s concern would not beryllium specified today,” helium told radical erstwhile they complained astir deficiency of drinking water, mediocre information of roads and overflowing sewers.

Urging radical to ballot for the BJP, Gahlot said, “We should take a enactment and authorities which volition enactment with the L-G and the Central government, and not walk each the clip successful arguments and blasted game.”

His run stands retired from those of galore BJP candidates due to the fact that helium hardly talks astir allegations of corruption against AAP leaders oregon their main Arvind Kejriwal.

Missing are the references to the location wherever Kejriwal lived erstwhile helium was Chief Minister, called Sheesh Mahal by the BJP, oregon the “liquor scam”.

He alternatively talks astir his 10 years of acquisition arsenic a minister, his relation successful implementing fashionable payment schemes specified arsenic escaped autobus rides for women and the teerth yatra scheme.

He besides touches upon however long-standing issues of h2o availability impact areas specified arsenic Dwarka and Vasant Kunj the aforesaid mode they impact Rangpuri Pahadi JJ cluster.

He past gets into an SUV, followed by 2 much vehicles that are portion of his convoy. The car sports a BJP emblem and a lotus sticker connected the rear windshield.

At 1.30 pm, helium reaches Raj Nagar Part-II, a densely populated colony. The residential lane was blocked disconnected connected 2 ends, with astir 25 chairs successful the middle. Men occupied the archetypal 3 rows, portion the women occupied the remaining four.

While helium started speaking from the beforehand of the makeshift stage, helium soon moved to the centre. “Let maine travel there, I deliberation I americium not audible… Mata ji, Ram Ram, you are looking precise smart… I privation to click a representation with you and I volition person a cupful of beverage aft I triumph this canvass with your blessing,” helium said.

“Do you retrieve erstwhile the AAP said the mahila samman volition beryllium implemented? In March past year. Did you person Rs 1,000?” helium asked and astir radical said “No”. Some said, “They filled forms and gave america a token.”

He replied, “Account fig to nahi diya na? De bhi mat dena… milega kuch nahi aur jo paise hain wo bhi saaf kar denge (You didn’t springiness your relationship number, right? Don’t adjacent springiness it… you won’t get thing and immoderate wealth you person volition beryllium cleaned out)… I was the curate of the department, I told them galore times to instrumentality the strategy but they did not bash it… That is wherefore I near the party… jo jhoot bolega hum uske sath nahi rahenge (We volition not enactment with anyone who lies).”

He past addressed the women specifically.

“Delhi has a colonisation of 2 crore and let’s accidental 50 per cent of them are women. As a minister, I estimated, of this total, 45-50 lakh women were eligible and would person availed the scheme… To springiness Rs 1,000 per woman, the authorities required Rs 400 crore per period and Rs 4,800 crore per year… Let’s say, Rs 5,000 crore… If we treble the monthly allowance to Rs 2,000, however overmuch budget would the authorities require? Rs 10,000 crore… Do you cognize however overmuch indebtedness the AAP authorities asked from the Centre? Rs 9,000 crore… If a authorities is asking for Rs 10,000, however volition it springiness Rs 2,000 to each pistillate per month?” helium said

“The BJP, connected the different hand, has successfully implemented the strategy and crores of women are receiving wealth successful their relationship each period successful different states… AAP announced the strategy successful Punjab successful 2020. It has been 3 years, are women receiving the allowance? No,” helium said.

In Bijwasan, Gahlot is up against AAP’s Surender Bharadwaj, who was earlier with the Samajwadi Party and Congress’s Devender Sehrawat, a erstwhile AAP MLA from the constituency.

A lawyer astatine the Supreme Court earlier helium joined AAP, Gahlot stopped astatine the Dwarka territory tribunal during the campaign.

“There is simply a batch of absorption against freebies… This is not a caller concept. It has been determination for years… and should beryllium provided to the conception which needs it genuinely… Tell the radical that these schemes (started by the AAP government) volition continue… These are for the segments that ballot successful ample numbers and if you cannot person them, past it volition beryllium a antagonistic constituent for us,” helium told the ineligible compartment of the BJP and different lawyers contiguous successful the court.

“What did PM Modi say? All the payment schemes volition proceed and it volition beryllium delivered successful a amended way… Agli baar koi AAP wala ye bole, toh unke aankhon mai aankhe daal kar jawab dena ki tum darr kyu phaila rahe ho… logon ko bewkoof kyu bana rahe ho (The adjacent clip immoderate AAP person says this, look into his eyes and inquire wherefore are you scaring people, wherefore are you fooling them),” helium said.