Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday slammed AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal after Delhi Government's Women and Child Development flagged the welfare schemes launched by Kejriwal for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.
In a public notice, the Women and Child Development Department, Delhi Government has said that it received information through media reports and social media posts that a political party is claiming to give Rs 2100 per month to the women of Delhi under the 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana'
BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri has announced that the party has finalised its 'Sankalp Patra' (manifesto) for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, which will be released soon.
Congress leader Farhan Suri has been fielded to take on AAP's Manish Sisodia in the Jangpura assembly constituency. The party has also named Dharampal Chandela from Rajouri Garden and Pradeep Kumar Upmanyu from Delhi Cantonment.
Singh, who is Union Minister of Panchayati Raj and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, told ANI that JD(U) will fight the Delhi polls as part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and there will also be a joint campaign
Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in March this year, in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, came out of Tihar Jail in July, after being granted bail by the Supreme Court. The court, however, stated that Kejriwal can't visit the CM Office nor can he sign
On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party released an 'Aarop Patra' against Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal and his government in the national capital.
Delhi Congress chief Devendra Yadav on Monday attacked former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said if the AAP leader gets elected again in the Delhi Assembly polls expected early next year, he will not be eligible to become the Chief Minister.
On Sunday, Kejriwal, ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in February, announced the launch of registrations for the 'Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana' and the 'Sanjeevani Yojana', which will begin across the national capital tomorrow.
In the recently concluded Punjab Municipal Elections, AAP registered victory in 522 out of 961 wards (nearly 55 per cent) and 31 out of 41 Municipal Councils and Panchayats.