Delhi government departments disown welfare schemes announced by Aam Aadmi Party
The initiatives include monthly payments of Rs 2,100 to women and free medical treatment for all elderly citizens residing in the national capital.
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The Delhi government’s Department of Health, in addition to its Department for Women and Child Development, have distanced themselves from two welfare schemes announced by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party ahead of Assembly elections in the capital next year, reported The Indian Express on Wednesday.
The schemes include monthly payments of Rs 2,100 to women and free medical treatment for the elderly. The Aam Aadmi Party has begun registering prospective beneficiaries for both.
However, the government departments responsible for disbursing the schemes have now claimed that the collection of citizens’ personal information for either scheme, by any private individual or political party, is “fraudulent and without any authority”.
Responding to this development during a press conference on Wednesday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of pressuring officers of the state government to issue the notices distancing themselves from the welfare schemes. She also said that administrative and police action would be taken against the officers involved in issuing the notices.
The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Amendment Act, notified in August last year, effectively gives the BJP-led Union government the power to appoint civil servants in Delhi.
On December 12, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Delhi Cabinet had approved the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana to provide Rs 1,000 per month to...
