The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) on Monday demanded that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi Government’s unannounced decision to stop old age and widow pensions and other social welfare schemes should be reinstated to remove the difficulties being faced by people, and not to stop the Annashree Yojana without making alternative arrangements.
The DPCC president, Arvinder Singh lovely, informed the Chief Secretary about the difficulties being faced for not having an elected Government, and said over 30,000 peoples old age pension have been stopped. He also pointed out that for the first time in Delhi, the widow pension has been stopped.
The 181 helpline for women has also stopped working, and its employees have not received their salaries either. “The 17 lakh forms received should be expedited in a fixed timeframe. We are not satisfied with the manner in which the social sector schemes were being implemented. They said the 49-day rule of the AAP had spread anarchy to create such a situation,” said DPCC president.
Party leader Haroon Yusuf categorically told the Chief Secretary that the Congress will gherao the Delhi Secretariat, and if need be will start an agitation, if the Annashree Yojana, started by the former Congress Government in
Delhi to give Rs 600 to over 90,000 beneficiaries, is stopped without making alternative arrangements. He said the AAP, in collusion with some officials, was trying to scuttle this scheme.