Delhi Congress on Tuesday came out with another set of promises, including introduction of right to shelter for slum dwellers, beggar-free Delhi, double-decker flyovers and monorail system to decongest roads and make Delhi a ‘signal-free’ and ‘disabled-friendly’ city.
Assuring its commitment towards securing religious harmony in the city, the party promised to introduce voting system for the selection of Delhi Waqf Board chairman. Four days ahead of the Assembly polls, Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh lovely, party’s chief ministerial nominee Ajay Maken and AICC-in-charge of Delhi PC Chacko, jointly released the second part of its manifesto aimed at addressing the ‘future needs of Delhi’. Assuring its commitment towards securing religious harmony in the city, the party promised to introduce voting system for the selection of Waqf Board chairman.
“like the president of Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee is a representative chosen by the Sikh community, we will ensure that Muslim voters choose the Waqf Board chairman rather than the Government,” he said.
“If voted to power we will introduce the law of ‘right to shelter, housing and property rights to slum dwellers’. It will be the basic right of Delhi people that unless they are offered an alternative place their accommodation or shelter will not be snatched,” lovely said.
“Our second important agenda will be the infrastructural development of the city. During the 15-year regime if Congress would not have developed a network of flyovers and underpasses traffic woes would have multiplied and city would have been chaotic,” he claimed. “A network of monorails and light rails will be laid in Delhi and also the network of Metro be expanded,” he said.
The party also promised to introduce ‘new fast Metro trains’. “This system will help people to travel faster and save time to reach work. ladies special train will also be started which will run during peak hours to help women travel safely and comfortably,” lovely said. Other promises made by the party in the manifesto include Rs1 crore to any martyr who dies in line of duty while protecting the integrity of the State.