- Congress manifesto lacks vision, same old
promises are repeated: Goel
- Congress should clarify its stand on water
privatisation, lack of efforts to get full statehood in last 15 years:
Goel
New Delhi, November,
21: The Delhi
Bharatiya Janata Party President Shri Vijay Goel today slammed Congress
for repeating the same old promises in its manifesto which it fails to
keep. He also demanded that Congress should clarify its stand on privatisation
of water which has resulted in whooping water bills.
Shri Goel said, the Congress
manifesto exposes its anti-people approach as it does not talk about reduction
power and water tariffs and bringing down prices of essential commodities.
No concrete vision or plan about ensuring safety of women is mentioned in it,
only lip service has been paid.
While addressing people during his
padyatras and election campaigning in Babarpur, Rohtas Nagar, Seemapuri and
Gokulpuri assembly constituencies for BJP candidates Shri Naresh Gaur, Shri
Jitendra Mahajan Shri Rampal Singh and Shri Ranjeet Kashyap , he lambasted the
Congress for its doublespeak in the manifesto.
Following are the
key points from comments made by Shri Goel in context of Congress manifesto:
Price Rise: Congress manifesto provides no solution to the problem of
price rise. Only lip service has been paid by promising subsidised pulses
and edible oil. Why can’t the government bring prices down instead of
talking about subsidies? We all know that subsidies are not sustainable in the
long run. This shows that Congress is least bothered about finding solutions to
problems of price rise. BJP would ensure proper supply of essential
commodities round the year. Long terms contracts will be done with
suppliers to bring down costs, PDS will be revamped and made corruption and
leakage free, cooperative stories on the lines of super bazars will be
encouraged with financial and technical support from Delhi government.
Women Safety: Despite the government facing flak for failing to crack
down on crime against women, the Congress party’s manifesto seems to have
failed to come up with any promise to make Delhi safer for women.
The Congress manifesto’s five point agenda on ‘Law and order:
Focus on Women’ includes rather uninspiring measures such as special training
of police force, gender training and increase women in the work force. The BJP
strongly feels that there has to be complete modernisation of police force in Delhi, a special
protection force for women is to be required. We also need fast track courts
for such cases. But none of these measures are listed in Congress manifesto!
Statehood: Like
2008, Congress has made promise for full statehood. But what stopped Congress
from getting full statehood when there has been a Congress-led
government at the Centre for nine years and Congress government in Delhi for 15
years. NDA led government had brought a bill on statehood to Delhi in 2003 but
Sheila Dikshit and Congress in fact opposed it.
Laadli Scheme: To extend Ladli Scheme (that provides Rs 1 lakh financial
assistance to a girl child who completes Class XII) to Qabil ladli (of
additional Rs 50,000 to college going girls). But even the existing Ladli
scheme has proved to be complete flop. The CAG report clearly says that almost
half of the beneficiaries are getting dropped out of this scheme.
Education: Congress manifesto is saying that they will open new
schools and start evening colleges. In last 15 years the Congress
government has closed down atleast 80 government schools, not opened a single
new college in DU and what stopped them from starting evening shift in all
colleges of Delhi
University? The
ground reality is quite different from their promises. Most of their promises
have always remained on paper!
Shri Goel also slammed the Aam Aadmi Party for trying to
misguide the people of Delhi by making promises
on aspects, which fall outside the purview of Delhi government.
Shri Goel said, “AAP’s promise for the passage of Jan Lokpal
Bill is a fake promise as even Anna Hazare said that it can only be passed by
Parliament and not the Delhi Vidhan Sabha. AAP promises to give Delhi a full statehood
ignoring the fact that it can only by granted by Parliament. AAP seems to have
no idea about the federal scheme of India under the Constitution.”
The Delhi BJP has made its stand on all the critical issues very
clear in its statements in recent times. The BJP reiterates its commitment to
the progress of Delhi
and welfare of people in the city. When voted to power, BJP will provide
corruption free governance in Delhi
