New Delhi:
Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena at the moment ordered investigations into allegations in regards to the Aam Aadmi Party’s schemes forward of the meeting elections scheduled for subsequent 12 months. The Lt Governor’s workplace has issued separate directives to the Delhi Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Police, based mostly on complaints raised by Congress chief Sandeep Dikshit.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has termed the allegations towards his social gathering as “faux” and posed a query: “What will they examine?”
The allegations embody claims about fraudulent assortment of private knowledge underneath the guise of AAP’s Mahila Samman Yojana, the presence of Punjab intelligence officers close to the residences of Congress candidates, and the alleged switch of money from Punjab to Delhi to affect the elections.
Mr Dikshit’s grievance additionally flagged considerations concerning the Mahila Samman Yojana, an AAP initiative promising a month-to-month fee of Rs 2,100 to eligible ladies. The LG has ordered the Chief Secretary to conduct an inquiry by way of the Divisional Commissioner into the alleged assortment of private knowledge by non-public people underneath the guise of enrolling beneficiaries. The Delhi Police has been instructed to take authorized motion towards these breaching residents’ privateness by organising unauthorised registration camps.
“We have been repeatedly asking what would the BJP do by contesting elections. What is their plan? Today we acquired to know that in the event that they win, they may cease the Mahila Samman Yojana, Sanjeevani Yojana, free electrical energy, free training and free electrical energy,” the previous Delhi Chief Minister mentioned.
Delhi authorities’s Women and Child Development and Health departments had earlier issued public notices stating that the Mahila Samman Yojana and the Sanjeevani Yojana lacked authorities approval and have been “non-existent.” These notices warned residents towards sharing private particulars with unauthorised people and described the registrations as fraudulent.
“I had mentioned that after successful the election, we’d give Rs 2,100 to ladies and free therapy to the aged above 60 years of age. Both these schemes have been so useful for the general public that lakhs of individuals registered for them already. This made the BJP nervous, many BJP leaders instructed me that to overlook about successful, the BJP’s deposit could be forfeited in lots of locations,” Mr Kejriwal mentioned. “First, they despatched their goons, then despatched the police and uprooted the registration camp, at the moment they’ve ordered a faux investigation that there might be an investigation. What will they examine? We had made an election announcement that if we win the election, we’ll implement it.”
Mr Dikshit’s grievance to the Lt Governor claimed money being transported from Punjab to Delhi, allegedly to fund election-related actions. The LG’s workplace has directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to watch automobiles getting into town from neighbouring states. Police forces in neighbouring Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan have additionally been alerted to forestall any potential unlawful actions.
In one other critical allegation, Mr Dikshit claimed that Punjab intelligence officers have been stationed close to Congress candidates’ residences in Delhi. The LG’s workplace has directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to research this declare and submit an in depth report inside three days.
The AAP has alleged that the investigations are politically motivated, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of utilizing the LG’s workplace to sabotage its electoral prospects.
“This order has not come from the L-G’s workplace however from Amit Shah’s workplace. The BJP needs to cease the Mahila Samman Yojana in Delhi as a result of they don’t respect ladies. BJP has accepted defeat within the Delhi elections,” AAP mentioned.
The social gathering claimed that over 22 lakh ladies have already registered for the Mahila Samman Yojana.