The arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal among other key leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in different cases, the AAP’s alliance with Congress to fight Lok Sabha elections, and the development projects executed by Centre in the capital – the first extended executive meeting of Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saw party leaders stepping up attack on rivals. Eyeing the assembly elections due next year, the party leaders spoke of increasing efforts to ensure that Delhi has a “double-engine” government.
“This election saw a coalition of two failed parties (AAP and Congress) that fought together for their selfish interests, and that is why their defeat matters. The people of Delhi have shown that they stand with the right, not with the corrupt. There is a government in Delhi that is only playing the game of bail from jail,” Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, who chaired the meeting, said. The meeting was inaugurated by Union Minister Piyush Goel.
An exhibition showcasing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s work over the past 10 years and the struggles of Delhi’s workers over the past 18 months was also held.
Sachdeva said that the people of Delhi “blessed” them with all seven seats in the Lok Sabha polls and it was a response to the alleged corruption by the government led by Kejriwal. The BJP won all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi for the third time in a row.
The meeting comes months before Delhi is expected to go to assembly polls in February. The AAP won the polls by a crushing majority in both 2015 and 2020.
“The effort we put into the Lok Sabha polls needs to be quadrupled to uproot the corrupt Kejriwal government from Delhi,” Sachdeva said.
Goyal, meanwhile, attacked both Kejriwal as well as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. “The Modi government has undertaken numerous projects and schemes, and this victory is a testament to his vision for a developed India.”
“As the country’s development journey continues, we move forward towards becoming a developed nation. However, it is unfortunate that a leader with a ‘child’s’ mind does not understand that the country’s public has kept his party below 100 seats for the third time, and in 13 states, they did not even open an account. Whether in the southern states or various northern states, their lack of success speaks volumes… Congress has become a parasitic party that cannot win elections in any state without support,” he said in a veiled attack on Rahul Gandhi, who is the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
He also spoke about the Centre’s schemes, such as Ayushman Bharat, which has not been implemented in Delhi. “In other states where the central government has worked, development is evident. From basic infrastructure to slum development and other initiatives, the Modi government has worked tirelessly.”
“For the 2025 assembly elections, we need to start working hard now to bring a double-engine government to Delhi, enabling continuous development… Today, there are 1.31 lakh startups in India connected with new ideas. It was hoped that Delhi’s Kejriwal government would contribute, but it was found that only Rs 60 crore was allocated for startups in Delhi, while over Rs 100 crore was spent on advertisements in newspapers and TV,” he added.
In the political proposal, presented by newly-elected MP Ramvir Bidhuri and passed in the meeting, BJP spoke about the development work done by the Centre in the city, including the Bharat Mandapam, the new Parliament building, Kartavya Path, National War Memorial, and several road projects.
Lashing out at the AAP, Bidhuri said, “It is a great misfortune for Delhi where the Chief Minister is in jail on charges of corruption, Manish Sisodia had to resign as deputy chief minister after being jailed, and senior minister Satyendar Jain has been behind bars for over two years. Not only this… if a CM does not resign even after being jailed and insists on running the government from jail, causing a constitutional crisis, how can the public trust such a government? The AAP government has lost all the public’s trust and support.”
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