The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) on Saturday said the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government not only misguided and misled the people in the matter of giving power and water subsidy but its decision to provide subsidy in power and water up to March, had proved the Government had totally failed to honour the promises made to the people.
The Congress Party reiterated its stand that it was ready to extend unstinted support to Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP Government to pass the lokpal Bill provided it was brought in a constitutional manner, as the Congress Party had given it in writing to Kejriwal that it was ready to go to the Centre to plead for a very strong Jan lokpal Bill and extend its support.
The DPCC President Arvinder Singh lovely, in a Press conference, made it clear that during the Delhi Assembly session on Friday, the Congress only backed the lt Governor’s message to the Speaker regarding the Jan lokpal Bill but it did not oppose the lokpal Bill. “In the name of the Jan lokpal Bill, he was pushing his own political agenda. His intention was never to get the Jan lokpal Bill passed,” said the DPCC president. Another Congress leader Haroon Yusuf said the Congress not only gave its full support for the passage of a Bill in the Assembly to give `372 crore subsidy to the power companies, but only reassured the Congress Party’s support to the AAP Government. He alleged that the Kejriwal Government had promised 4.5 lakh temporary employees would be regularised within a month, but he took no step to fulfil this promise. “The AAP betrayed these temporary employees since the February 12 deadline had passed. The Government was also scared of the agitation by the temporary employees and that was also a reason for Kejriwal’s resignation,” said Yusuf.