Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday said her government is pushing aggressively for electric mobility and expanding the electric bus fleet as part of the measures to deal with air pollution and appealed to the people to participate in the overall development of the national capital by following traffic rules, supporting environmental initiatives, conserving water and electricity and keeping neighbourhoods clean.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Statesman, Gupta also came down heavily on her predecessor and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal, calling him a master of marketing. She was alluding to the “public spectacle” Kejriwal created after a Delhi court gave him relief in the liquor policy scam.
“Kejriwal is an expert of marketing who knows how to mislead the people. If you were not corrupt, why would you scrap the liquor policy after uproar? Why did you not stand by it and defend it? Our law is not blind to facts. He was granted relief and then another court stayed that,” the CM said.
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Commenting on the Uttam Nagar Holi murder case, Gupta said her government would continue its zero-tolerance policy against heinous crimes. “We believe in empowering our officials to take appropriate action, though within the bounds and ambit of law. When crimes shock the conscience of the society, the administrative machinery must roll out and discharge its lawful duty”.
Asked to identify one policy success that she wants the people to judge her tenure by, Gupta said, ‘’If five years from now Delhi becomes visibly cleaner, better connected and more efficiently governed, I would consider that a success.’’
She said whether it is reducing pollution through electric mobility, improving public transport, strengthening healthcare systems or modernising infrastructure, the goal is to make daily life easier for citizens. Ultimately, governance should be judged by outcomes, not announcements, she quipped.