Kejriwal govt running on an arbitrary, unconstitutional system: Sachdeva
Addressing a press conference, the Delhi BJP chief said, “The Arvind Kejriwal government operates in an arbitrary and unconstitutional manner.
Delhi Congress on Monday accused the Arvind Kejriwal government of cutting down welfare schemes launched over the years for poor, SCs/STs and minorities by the Sheila Dikshit government.
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee lavelled the allegations referring to the data obtained through an RTI application.
She claimed that during the 15-year Congress rule in Delhi, many welfare measures were initiated to empower poor and marginalized, but most of the schemes were either facing fund crunch or being implemented poorly.
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Following the Congress philosophy of “standing with marginalized”, the previous government of Sheila Dickshit had launched educational schemes to empower poor and marginalized, claimed Mukherjee.
Mukherjee said ever since the AAP came to power in Delhi, funding has been cut down and these schemes have not been properly implemented to completely dilute the purpose of such schemes as data accessed through an RTI application indicates.
Echoing her view, former minister in Dickshit government, Haroon Yusuf, said that the AAP government has totally failed to deliver the benefits of the welfare schemes to the people.
He said whereas the Congress government had provided financial assistance for purchase of stationery etc to 7,62,847 SC/ST/OBC students in 2013-14, the AAP government gave no such assistance to even a single student of such category in 2016-17, and to 5,13,133 students in 2017-18.
Yusuf also added that similarly, the AAP government gave scholarships to just 20146 students (from Class I to XII) in 2015-16 and to 149711 students in 2016-17 whereas the Congress government had given such scholarships to 7,03,452 students in 2013-14.
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