Atishi seeks meeting with Delhi CM over BJP's unfulfilled promise to women

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Atishi seeks meeting with Delhi CM over BJP's unfulfilled promise to women

Sunday, 23 February 2025 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Saturday wrote a letter to her, questioning the BJP government's failure to pass a promised financial assistance scheme for women in its first cabinet meeting on Thursday.  In her letter, Atishi sought time to meet Gupta along with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Legislature Party on Sunday to discuss the implementation of the scheme that would provide `2,500 per month to women in Delhi. The BJP had promised to roll out the scheme once it assumes power.

First of all, heartiest congratulations to you on assuming the charge of the post of Chief Minister of Delhi," Atishi's letter reads. "Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Prime Minister of the country, Shri Narendra Modi ji, had promised the mothers and sisters of Delhi in a rally organised on January 31, 2025, during the election campaign that after the formation of the BJP government, a scheme of `2,500 per month would be passed for them in the very first cabinet meeting. He said — this is Modi's guarantee."

She further said that the BJP-led Delhi government held its first cabinet meeting on February 20, but the scheme was not passed. "The mothers and sisters of Delhi had believed in Modi ji's guarantee, and now they feel cheated," she added.Atishi urged the Chief Minister to meet with the AAP delegation on Sunday to address their concerns and take concrete action on the scheme.

Atishi, who won from the Kalkaji assembly constituency by beating the BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri in the Delhi elections, criticised the ruling party for failing to deliver on its electoral promises at a press conference yesterday as well. She said that before the Delhi elections, both Prime Minister Modi and BJP national president JP Nadda had assured that the scheme would be approved in the first cabinet meeting and that every eligible woman would receive `2,500 in her bank account by March 8.

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