New Delhi:
In dramatic developments amid the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) marketing campaign for Delhi Assembly polls, the capital’s Health and Family Welfare division has red-flagged the ruling AAP’s registration drive for Sanjeevani Yojana, a scheme to supply free remedy to Delhi’s residents aged over 60 at personal and authorities hospitals. Also, the Women and Child Development division has disowned the Mahila Samman Yojana which guarantees Rs 2,100 monthly to ladies within the capital.
In a public discover printed in newspapers, the well being division has mentioned that it doesn’t have “any such supposed Sanjeevani scheme in existence”. It added that it had not authorised anybody to gather private information from aged residents and isn’t offering any card.
This comes after AAP leaders, together with Chief Minister Atishi and occasion convener Arvind Kejriwal, visited a number of areas and launched doorstep registration for Sanjeevani Yojana and Mahila Samman Yojana. The AAP has additionally come out with an Artificial Intelligence advert with Arvind Kejriwal in a Santa Claus avatar.
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— AAP (@AamAadmiOccasion) December 25, 2024
The division mentioned any particular person or political occasion gathering such varieties underneath the identify of this scheme is “fraudulent and with none authority”.
“If an individual/entity calls you or visits you with the promise to supply good thing about free remedy underneath this supposed non-existent scheme or present you some “Health/Sanjeevani Scheme Card on this regard, then you’re hereby suggested to: (1) not imagine in any promise of free remedy underneath the supposed non-existent “Sanjeevani scheme” (2) to not present any private element to anyone claiming to supply advantages underneath the scheme (3) to not affix your signature or thumbprint on any doc unknowingly.”
The division has mentioned it won’t be answerable for any liabilities or frauds arising out of such “unscrupulous actions”.
The Women and Child Development division mentioned in a discover that no scheme referred to as Mahila Samman Yojana has been notified.
“As, if and when such a scheme is notified, the Department of Women and Child Development (WCD), GNCTD, will launch a digital portal for eligible people to submit their purposes on-line as per the permitted pointers. The eligibility situations and modalities will probably be clearly notified by the division as and when it occurs. It is emphasised that since no such scheme exists, the query of bodily varieties / purposes for the registration underneath this non-existent scheme doesn’t come up,” it mentioned, including that any particular person gathering varieties or data within the identify of this scheme is “fraudulent and with none authority”. The division has warned that sharing private data within the public area could result in individuals falling prey to cybercrime.
Shortly after the notices had been issued, Mr Kejriwal focused the BJP-led central authorities. “The Mahila Samman Yojana and Sanjeevani Yojana have rattled them. Within the subsequent few days, they plan to arrest Atishi ji in a faux case. Before that, senior AAP leaders could be raided,” he posted on X.
This order performs out in opposition to the backdrop of the ability tussle between Delhi’s elected authorities and the Centre. The principal secretaries of all Delhi departments report back to the Chief Secretary, a central authorities appointee. This, in impact, implies that the AAP authorities has no management over Delhi officers, a problem it has repeatedly raised in its 10-year rule within the nationwide capital.
The Supreme Court dominated final 12 months that the Delhi authorities would management the companies within the capital, however the Centre introduced an ordinance after which an Act to overturn this. This Act established National Capital Civil Services Authority, comprising the Chief Minister, Delhi Chief Secretary and Principal Home Secretary. This Authority makes suggestions to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor on officers’ transfers and postings and disciplinary issues. The Chief Secretary and Principal Home Secretary are the Centre’s appointees and may simply outvote the Chief Minister.