Delhi Assembly polls: BJP trying to guilt middle-class on freebies, charges AAP

Amid disapproval implicit basing its governance exemplary connected freebies, oregon what the BJP has called “free revdi” successful the past, the AAP has doubled down up of the Assembly polls, announcing an summation from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,100 per period successful its promised Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Raashi scheme, escaped attraction for each supra the property of 60 years successful empanelled backstage hospitals, and a monthly honorarium of Rs 18,000 to pujaris and granthis.

It has besides alleged that the BJP volition halt the AAP government’s schemes specified arsenic escaped electricity, escaped water, escaped medicines and escaped acquisition if voted to power, adjacent arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and respective different BJP leaders person sought to underline that the schemes that person already been implemented volition stay.

On Sunday, Kejriwal said: “This election, the radical person to determine however the taxpayers’ wealth is to beryllium spent. There are 2 ways. One is that this wealth that you wage is utilized for schemes that are for the payment of the people. Schools should beryllium built, children should get prime acquisition for free… prime attraction astatine hospitals and mohalla clinics beryllium fixed for free, women should beryllium capable to question successful buses for free… All the wealth is spent connected the radical and their welfare. The different mode is that the taxpayers’ wealth is spent connected adjacent friends, who are billionaires. That they beryllium fixed loans that are aboriginal waived.”

Kejriwal alleged that implicit the past fewer months, Rs 50,000 crore, owed by “just 2 of BJP’s friends”, had been waived. “All of Delhi’s freebies — specified arsenic schools, electricity, water, escaped autobus rides — could person been funded by this amount,” helium said.

Accusing the BJP of creating a communicative against payment schemes, Kejriwal said the middle-class was being guilted into believing these were atrocious for the country. “The BJP has created this communicative of ‘freebie, freebie, freebie’. They person guilted the middle-class truthful overmuch that if good, escaped schools are being built, they are expected to accidental ‘no no, I don’t privation it’… In the background, they are softly waiving billionaires’ loans. A waiver of Rs 46,000 crore is not a freebie, but a tiny family’s payment of Rs 500 is simply a freebie? They are trying to enslave the minds of the middle-class. They are trying to make this communicative among the radical that determination should beryllium nary freebies, it is atrocious for the country,” helium said.

In the run-up to the elections, the AAP, which was the archetypal disconnected the artifact with its run arsenic good arsenic announcement of candidates, has been holding tiny meetings of 20-30 radical surviving successful jhuggis oregon little income areas for implicit a month, wherever the absorption is connected reminding them astir the wealth they person saved due to the fact that of the its government’s schemes. This is often done by making 1 idiosyncratic successful the radical telephone up a comparative successful a BJP-governed authorities to inquire however overmuch they wage for energy and h2o per month.

In a akin workout connected Sunday, Kejriwal pegged the benefits from the AAP’s schemes for escaped energy (up to 200 units), escaped h2o (up to 20 kilolitres), escaped education, escaped autobus rides for women and the Rs 2,100 promised to women astatine Rs 25,000 per month.

“The BJP is saying they volition halt each this if they travel to power. I privation to inquire the mediocre radical successful Delhi, tin you carnivore the further load of Rs 25,000 per month? If you person the money, great, ballot for them. If determination is an further load of Rs 25,000, the mediocre volition person to permission Delhi and spell determination else. Even a middle-class household cannot spend to wage Rs 25,000 other each month,” helium said.

While the AAP is seeking a 3rd consecutive word successful Delhi, the BJP is hoping for a comeback aft 27 years.

Over the past fortnight, BJP workers and volunteers connected the crushed person made it a constituent to reiterate 1 connection during their door-to-door campaigns – that the schemes that are moving volition not beryllium stopped. This has somewhat thrown the AAP disconnected balance.

“We had decided good earlier the polls were announced that our absorption would beryllium connected making the lives of Delhi residents easier. The BJP whitethorn telephone these revdis but look astatine what they person offered successful states ruled by them. The quality is that their schemes effort to exclude arsenic galore radical arsenic possible, portion ours effort to see them,” said an AAP insider.

“The BJP has present taken the presumption that they volition not rise questions astir immoderate of our schemes. They person adjacent announced a Rs 2,500 per period honorarium for women, truthful it is important for america to scope retired to the radical again and amusement them that we are the ones who person really fulfilled promises. We person besides spoken to radical astir the BJP’s jumla, that everyone would get Rs 15 lakh successful their accounts, and however that committedness was ne'er fulfilled,” said the AAP leader.