Kejriwal Government’s misgovernance was modelled on three C—Corruption, Commission and Cheating—Devender Yadav

 

NEW DELHI, August 29, 2024—Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Shri Devender Yadav said that when the Aam Aadmi Party launches its special “Apka Vidhayak—Apke Dwar”campaign from September 1, at the direction of jailed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, it will have to answer to the people about the many unfulfilled promises, as AAP’s governance model has been based on the three Cs—Corruption, Commission and Cheating. He said that AAP came to power after selling   false dreams like a corruption-free, transparent Government, but in the past 11 years, the AAP Government created a huge record in corruption.

 

Addressing a press conference at the DPCC office, Rajiv Bhawan here today, Shri Devender Yadav said that  17-18 AAP MLAs, including the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and a Minister had been in and out of  jail on various corruption and other charges, adding that  the AAP MLAs will have no answer about AAP’s misgovernance when they meet the people. He said that this gimmick was AAP’s ploy to regain its lost political ground, as people have lost faith and trust in the Aam Aadmi Party. He said that  Manish Sisodia, who was  in jail for 17 months, was given such a grand welcome  as if he had come out after winning a war or an Olympic medal, forgetting the fact that he had been  denied bail by the apex court seven times before he was granted bail.

 

 Shri Devender Yadav said that the Congress Government headed by Smt. Sheila Dikshit had made Delhi a world class city  during its 15-year rule, but AAP ruined it in 11 years through corruption and destruction, by ruining water, power, health, education, ration and pension sectors. Others present at the press conference were Chairman of the Communications Department and ex-MLA Shri Anil Bhardwaj and ex-MLA Kunwar Karan Singh.

 

Shri Devender Yadav said that in 2015, Kejriwal had promised to build 500 schools, but constructed only 39, though the Congress Government had done the spade work for 25 schools, including allotment of land. He said that the Congress Government had earmarked 82 plots for building new schools, but like most other Kejriwal promises, the promise of constructing 500 schools only remained on paper, though the AAP Government set a record of spending Rs 25 lakh for constructing a single class room, and in some cases bathrooms were renovated and shown as  new class rooms. He said that in 2013-14, Delhi Government schools had 16.10 lakh students, but despite the growth in population, by 2023-24, Government schools had only 17 lakh students. He said that from the academic year 2022-23 to 2023-24, there was a reduction of 30,399 students in Government schools.

Shri Devender Yadav said that AAP Government’s record in the health sector too was very dismal, as before demitting power, the Congress Government had laid the ground work for building 16 new hospitals, out of which the Kejriwal Government resumed work only on three hospital projects at Ambedkar Nagar, Burari and Dwarka, that too after Delhi Congress had raised the need to get these hospitals functional during the Covid-19 pandemic when hospital beds became scare. He said that Kejriwal had promised to establish 1000 Mohalla clinics, but built only 541 though many dispensaries and clinics established by the Congress Government were shut down, and  over 65,000 fake tests on non-existing patients were conducted in these Mohalla Clinics, exposing the huge corruption in the running of the mohalla clinics. He said that Congress had left behind 450 dispensaries, but by 2022-23, only 228 dispensaries were functional.

 

Shri Devender Yadav said that tAAP had promised to provide electricity at half the rate, but Kejriwal only doubled it by increasing  Rs 5 per unit during Congress regime  to Rs 10 per unit, as power tariff in Delhi became the highest in the country. He said that the Congress Government hiked the power tariff only four times in 15 years, but the AAP Government was increasing the power tariff in every three months to provide huge financial gains to the power distribution companies.  He said that the Kejriwal Government gave Rs 11,743 crore in power  subsidy to the  consumers in five years from 2015-16 to 2020-21, but the power distribution companies were given Rs 37,227 crore on various taxes like PPSC, fixed charge, pension trust charge, electricity charge and regulatory asset charge. He said that after December 30, 2021, no tariff order was promulgated, but the power distribution companies were looting the people through back door.

 

Shri Devender Yadav said that Kejriwal had promised free water to the poor, but has been fleecing the people by helping the tanker mafia and  bottling plants as the poor people have been forced to spend Rs 100 per day to buy drinking water, as they were getting dirty water through DJP pipeline. He said that in seven years, Rs 17,575 crore worth of water was wasted in leakage which was a clear case of corruption, about which Congress has demanded a thorough probe. He said that according to official data, 58% water goes in waste, and in the three years between 2019-20 and 2022-23, the leakage of water went up by 56  per cent. He said that the Delhi Jal Board, which was running in profit when Congress was in power, was now in debut to the tune of Rs 75,000 crore due to corruption. He said that the Congress Government had increased the water supply from 591mgt to 906mgt, but the Kejriwal Government could enhance the capacity to only 956mgt in the past 10 years. He said that there was clear evidence of the collusion between the AAP MLAs and the tanker mafia to fleece the people.

 

Shri Devender Yadav said that no new ration card was issued in the past 10 years, as only 72.78 lakh people were getting ration, without factoring in the rise in the population.   He said that 11 lakh ration card applications were pending for approval, and the number of food cards, which were 34.55 lakh in 2013-14,  have now been reduced to Rs 17.83 lakh now. He said that the number the number of ration shops have been reduced from 2396 to 1976 which shows the Kejriwal Government’s lack of concern for the poor.

 

Shri Devender Yadav said that no new name has been added to the old age pension scheme in the past 10 years, though 4.18 lakh old age pension beneficiaries in Delhi.

 

Shri Devender Yadav said that there was huge corruption in the dealings of the Kejriwal Government was evident from the fact that 11 CAG reports have not yet been tabled in the Delhi Assembly, which includes the liquor scam audit; 37 deaths happened this year due to waterlogging and corruption charges to the tune of Rs 100 crore against 38 AAP MLAs were with the Lokayukta.

 

Shri Devender Yadav said that when the AAP MLAs meet the people door-to-door, they will have to answer whey the 11 CAG reports have not been made public; why 37 deaths  happened due to water-logging and electrocution this monsoon, including a mother and child  and three UPSC aspirants; why severe water shortage during summer and frequent rise in the power tariffs; why the education and health sectors were in a mess; who will furnish the expenditure report of the Rs MLA Local Area Development Funds as no development seemed have been carried out in any constituency etc.  He said that tender bills worth Rs 5 crore was cleared at Siraspur without doing any work, and one can only imaging the thousands of crores siphoned off in the 70 Assemblies for the works never carried out.