NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday announced that they would launch a scheme to facilitate tenants residing in the national capital to avail benefits of free water and electricity if they returned to power.
Addressing a press conference, AAP supremo and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said wherever he goes, renters residing in the area surround him and say they have received benefits of several welfare schemes but could not avail the subsidies on water and electricity. Kejriwal announced that he would bring a scheme to extend these facilities to tenants renting properties in the city.
The former Chief Minister stressed that majority of the renters residing here belong to the Purvanchali community and are usually poor. “Renters should get the benefit of free water and free electricity. Today I want to announce that if our party returns to power after elections, we will bring a new scheme under which water and electricity benefits would be given to renters. In Delhi, most of the renters are Purvanchalis, usually poor ones. I have seen that nearly 100 people live in some apartment buildings. In this situation, when they don’t get benefits of subsidies, it hurts them financially,” Kejriwal said.
On Friday, Kejriwal announced that all students studying in schools and colleges in the city will be offered free bus facilities and a 50% concession in metro fare if the AAP government returns to power.
As of now, Delhi has a free bus service that allows women to travel fare-free in all AC and non-AC buses operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation.
Notably, AAP has announced several welfare schemes which they claim to fulfil if the party returns to power after Assembly polls. The schemes include ‘Mahila Samman Yojana’ under which they promised to give `2,100 to women. Under Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana, priests of temples and ‘granthis’ of Gurudwaras will receive an honorarium of about `18,000 per month, if AAP returns to power.
The single phase of voting in the national capital will take place on February 5 while the counting of votes will take place on February 8.
