Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday stated the upcoming Delhi meeting elections will current voters with a battle of ideologies which can determine whether or not electors agree with taxpayer cash being spent for “freebies to corporate friends” — which he claimed is the template adopted by the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) — or to offer companies to the individuals underneath what he known as the “Kejriwal model”.
AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal. (ANI)
The BJP hit again, stating that these elections are a referendum — between false goals and true improvement.
Delhi goes to polls on February 5, with the outcomes to be introduced on February 8.
Talking at a press convention on the AAP headquarters, Kejriwal stated the upcoming elections have pitted the ideologies of his occasion in opposition to these of the BJP.
“In simple terms, these elections are about deciding how taxpayers’ money should be spent and on whom it should be spent… Even the poorest man pays taxes through GST and other taxes… These elections will decide how this money should be spent. One model is focuses on providing services and ensuring public welfare like free electricity, education, health care and free bus travel to benefit the common man… The other model uses public funds to waive loans worth thousands of crores for its close billionaire friends and associates,” the AAP chief stated.
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Referring to numerous taxes collected because the “Ganga of government money”, Kejriwal stated that the individuals of Delhi must determine whether or not this river ought to go in direction of public welfare or be spent for “400 billionaires”.
“The people of Delhi have to decide for the whole country whether Delhi’s welfare measures should be provided in the whole country, or whether they should stop in Delhi as well,” he stated.
“The Kejriwal model is to use this money for public welfare… The BJP model gives people’s money to its billionaire friends as loans, and then writes off those loans in two to three years,” he added.
The AAP chief stated that the varied welfare schemes in Delhi launched or introduced by the AAP — free energy and water, free bus journey for girls, and a month-to-month dole of ₹2,100 for all ladies voters — cumulatively present advantages of round ₹25,000 monthly for every family.
“We have calculated that our free power schemes provides benefits of ₹4,000-5,000 per month, free education saves ₹10,000 for two kids, ₹2500 for free bus travel… In total, these welfare schemes provide benefit of nearly ₹25,000 per month for each household in Delhi,” he stated.
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He added that Delhi’s poor ought to determine if they’ll carry a further burden of ₹25,000 monthly. “The poor will have to leave Delhi…The AAP government is necessary for living in Delhi,” he stated.
Kejriwal accused the BJP of planning to finish all welfare schemes initiated by the AAP in Delhi, if it had been to come back to energy within the nationwide capital. He additionally hit out on the BJP for labelling welfare measures as “freebies”, alleging that the BJP is attempting to “create guilt among the middle class” whereas itself providing large concessions to large companies.
“They say freebies are dangerous for the country, but entire money is being spent on 400-500 friends. Is that not a freebie?” he stated.
Dismissing Kejriwal’s remarks, the BJP stated the approaching elections are a transparent selection between an “anarchic” authorities or a “double-engine” authorities.
“These Delhi elections are like a referendum for Delhi residents to choose between false dreams and true development. They are an opportunity for the people to choose to continue with the corrupt and anarchic government of Arvind Kejriwal, or to choose to elect a double-engine development government headed by the BJP,” Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor stated.
“Rather than development, Kejriwal is better known for corruption & development failures… Kejriwal should note that Delhi residents have made up their mind to make 2025 the year of development by electing a BJP government,” he added.