In her maiden speech ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Smriti Irani on Sunday warned women of AAP leaders compromising with their security, asking them to not fill forms with their details for ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana’ as it will be lying with a ‘Kabbadi’ or ‘sharabi’ in a public meeting in Okhla.
Campaigning for the party candidate Manish Chaudhary, who has been pitted against sitting AAP MLA Amantullah Khan, Irani alleged, “I want to tell you that the forms that the AAP leader had made you fill are now in scrap. I am here to warn you that details about your name, phone number, home address and family members are now lying with scrap dealers.”
Accusing the ruling party of compromising with the safety and security of women, she said, “Won’t this make a dent in your family’s security? I am asking my brothers that if any AAP leaders or workers come to your house asking for details about the women in your family, remember that it will be lying around with a ‘Kabbadi’ (scrap dealer) or ‘sharabi’ (alcoholic).”
She also slammed the AAP for not fulfilling its promise of providing clean drinking water to the people. “People in Madanpur Khadar have to buy water. The Aam Aadmi Party which promised to provide clean drinking water to the public is now known for its ‘liquor scam’ all around the nation today,” she added.
Taking a jibe at AAP for being involved in the alleged money laundering linked excise policy scam, she said, “Those who have no time from liquor scams, how will they provide clean water to the people?”
She added that this is why people will vote for BJP and get their clean drinking water from the Modi government. “Even though they praise themselves, you only see locks on ‘Mohalla Clinics’. Today, Manish has guaranteed that we will bring Ayushman Bharat yojana for you. But you have been kept devoid of this scheme for the last 10 years,” the former Lok Sabha MP said.
“They take their family members to big hospitals to get treatment but when people go to Mohalla Clinic they find locks. We will give you Rs 10 lakhs in the Ayushman Bharat Yojana and this will not be limited to just Delhi, you can go to hospitals across the nation and get yourself treated in 28,000 hospitals for more than 1,300 diseases,” she added.
Referring to the recent case of Okhla MLA Amantullah Khan’s son allegedly threatening police officers, she said, “I am astonished to see that while the MLA is filled with ego, his son is also seen threatening police officers. Was the police officer wrong? Did the son not break the law? He is breaking the law and threatening police officers, will the public just sit and watch? This is why I am asking you to press the button of lotus on election day so you get rid of this hooliganism.”
Irani, who was speculated to be the Chief Minister face in Delhi for the BJP, also held door to door campaigns in Rohini for the sitting BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Vijendra Gupta.