BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday lashed out at the Arvind Kejriwal Government saying the AAP has become a party of scams and it has broken all records of corruption set by the Congress. Addressing the “Panch Parmeshwar Sammelan”, held at the Ramlila Maidan ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls which are likely to be held in December, BJP chief lambasted the Kejriwal Government saying the AAP had promised to provide a clean Government in Delhi, “but it has committed scams in the excise department, in the purchase of DTC buses, in the construction of toilets and in the Delhi Jal Board”.
“The court has sent three AAP MLAs, including a Minister, in jail. Five of their MLAs are out on bail. That is their record,” he added. “We need to keep in mind that people who have been oscillating between jail and bail are MLAs in the AAP,” Nadda said.
Taking a dig at Delhi education model propagated by the AAP, BJP chief said there are no principals in 745 schools run by the Delhi Government, while 70 per cent of such schools do not teach science and commerce to students, he alleged. “We fail to understand how you will make poor children doctors. Spreading lies and giving false figures to people has become your nature, Kejriwalji,” the BJP chief said.
Chief Minister Kejriwal had said he would enforce prohibition in Delhi if his party came to power, but has opened liquor shops in every neighbourhood after his party formed Government, Nadda said. Lambasting on the pathetic public transport sytem, Nadda said Delhi had 6,600 buses when Kejriwal became Chief Minister and he promised to increase the tally to 11,000 but it has reduced to 3,680. “They wanted to bring in Lokpal Bill, sat on hunger strike, made lofty statements of giving a healthy administration. They are now even embarrassing those who had an unhealthy Government,” he said.
He also asserted that the BJP will “trounce” the AAP in the MCD election and thereafter, in the Delhi Assembly polls. “The BJP will trounce the AAP in the MCD polls and thereafter, in the Assembly election. Tell the people of Delhi about the AAP's corruption,” he told BJP workers.
Nadda said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has realised the goal of “sabka sath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas”.
“Other political parties are afraid of holding rallies at the Ramlila Maidan due to its sheer size. But even a workers' conference of the BJP is enough to fill the ground. The BJP is the only party in the country that has a mass base,” he said.
The BJP chief said the trifurcation of the MCD led to a shortage of funds, but the Delhi unit of the party kept working tirelessly.
Nadda said the Modi Government gave a health cover of `5 lakh a year to 10.74 crore poor families across the country under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, but the AAP government did not implement it in Delhi. Also, the Kejriwal government has not been able to build a single hospital in the Capital so far, he added.
“Take any scheme of the Modi government — Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana, Ujala Yojana, Ujjwala Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Mudra Yojana, Jan Dhan Yojana, Startup India, Standup India — these are aimed at strengthening Dalits, poor people, women, youngsters, farmers and the deprived sections of the society,” Nadda said.
Taking a dig at the Opposition parties that ideologies of rivals have changed over time but the ruling party has held its ground, BJP president said that socialist didn't remain socialists, communists didn't remain communists. “The INC didn't remain National or Congress; it became 'bhai-behen ki party (a party of brother and sister),” he said while taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. “The BJP is the only party that said in 1951-52 that there won't be 'Do Nishan, Do Vidhan, Do Samvidhan' in one country. We took out a series of journeys but we never abandoned Article 370 and said we'll scrap it. By PM Modi's willpower, Article 370 (which gave special powers to Jammu and Kashmir) was scrapped. It's our record,” he added.