Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday launched a counterattack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘revdi’ or freebies culture remark and questioned why people, who are worried due to inflation, should not get access to free education and treatment. Kejriwal said by calling such things free "revdi", the common man should not be insulted.
Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal tweeted a media report of a video where Modi talks about freebies during his virtual address while conducting the “grih pravesh” ceremony of the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
The Delhi chief minister further asked that at a time when the public are quite worried about inflation, why they should not receive “free education, treatment, medicines and electricity”.
"People are quite worried due to the price rise. Why should they not get free education, treatment, medicines and electricity? Politicians get so many facilities for free. Banks waived the loans of so many rich people. By calling it free revdi again and again, do not insult the common man," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief said in a tweet in Hindi.
Modi had slammed the freebie culture in his address after virtually conducting the "grih pravesh" ceremony of 4.51 lakh beneficiaries of the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
"Every taxpayer must be thinking that as I celebrate Diwali, the poor brothers in Madhya Pradesh too are rejoicing during the festival of lights. He is getting a pukka house. His daughter's life will improve. But when this taxpayer sees that the money collected from him is being spent on the distribution of revdi, he is pained," the prime minister had said.
In the past as well, Modi had attacked the ‘revdi’ or freebies culture, targetting promises made by political parties ahead of elections.