Addressing a public gathering at Yamuna Sports complex in east Delhi’s Surajmal Vihar, Delhi BJP Chief Vijay Goel on Friday reiterated that if voted to power in Delhi, BJP Government will reduce the tariffs by up to 30 per cent. “Discoms have yet again decided to demand increased tariffs by between 1.6 to 6.1 per cent. If Government this time succumbs to the pressure tactics of discoms BJP will call a rally of lakhs of people at Ramlila Maidan followed by an extensive agitation,” he said.
Goel also expressed anguish and grief at the massive fire at Bawana slums cluster. He said that the Delhi Government should provide free insurance coverage to all the slum-dwellers since this should be the minimum Delhi Government can do. Goel added that it becomes the moral duty of Delhi Government to provide free insurance to all the slum-dwellers across the city as it was the Delhi Government which had betrayed slum-dwellers by not providing them with houses under the Rajiv Ratan Yojna and promised them a slum-free Delhi just before the last Assembly elections.
“Even under the JNNURM, where more than 60 thousand houses were to be given, only 189 have been handed over so far,” he claimed.