Delhi AAP Manifesto: Unveiling ‘Kejriwal’s pakki guarantees’, AAP woos Delhi voters with talk of ‘saving Rs 25,000 every month’

Kejriwal added that if the AAP returned to power in Delhi, it would ensure that no citizen is left without a job. “My first guarantee will be to provide jobs. In the past week, I have visited many areas and met people, who have raised several complaints about unemployment despite having degrees and educational qualifications. We have a team of educated people like Manish Sisodia and Atishi…We are not uneducated like them (BJP). We are making a plan on how to provide employment,” the former chief minister said.

The AAP supremo promised to implement financial assistance of Rs 2,100 under the Mahila Samman Yojana to all women every month as soon as a Government is formed in Delhi.

Other guarantees from AAP include the Sanjeevani Yojana—free healthcare for senior citizens above 60 years, waiving of inflated water bills, Ambedkar scholarship for Dalit students pursuing higher education and free bus travel for all students, along with a 50 per cent concession on metro fares.

Kejriwal also apologised for not fulfilling his promises regarding the cleaning of the Yamuna and the repair of roads as per European standards, which he made during the 2020 polls.

“Yamuna cleaning, European roads…Today, I am accepting in front of everyone that we could not fulfil this promise. But I have my reasons—In the first two years, there was Covid. After that, they framed us in the wrong cases and put us in jail. Ministers like Satyender Jain, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay and I were also arrested… Due to this, our entire team was shattered and we could not implement this work on the ground. But I promise to fulfil this in the next term. We have funds as well as plans to implement these schemes,” he said.

Kejriwal also took a pledge and signed the guarantees.

Kejriwal said the ongoing six “revdis”—free electricity up to 200 units, water, education and others—will continue.

Taking a dig at the BJP, Kejriwal warned the public that all these schemes—free education, free electricity, water, mohalla clinics and free bus travel—will cease as soon as they press the lotus button on the electronic voting machine.

“You are saving Rs 25,000 every month due to the AAP’s schemes. Rs 25,000 per month is a huge amount for a poor person and even for the middle class, who earn Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 per month. So, I appeal to you all to press the button. Hum sab log jhaadu ko ghar ki laxmi maante hain. Jhadu ka button dabaiye. Delhi will grow, you will get relief and live a happy life,” he said.

The three-cornered fight between the AAP, BJP, and Congress will take place on February 5, with results to be declared on February 8.

Kejriwal’s guarantees:

1. Unemployment to be solved

2. Mahila Samman Yojana (monthly Rs 2,100 to every woman)

3. Sanjeevani Yojana (free medical services to all above 60 years at all hospitals)

4. Inflated water bills to be waived

5. 24×7 clean drinking water in all households in Delhi

6. The Yamuna to be cleaned

7. Roads to be made and maintained as per European standards

8. Dr Ambedkar Scholarship Yojana (Government to fund foreign education for Dalit students)

9. Free bus travel for all students; 50% concession on metro fares

10. Rs 18,000 per month for all pujaris and granthis

11. Free electricity and water

12. All blocked and old sewage lines to be replaced

13. A window to issue new ration cards

14. Rs 10 lakh life insurance and Rs 5 lakh accident insurance for all autorickshaw drivers and e-rickshaw pullers. Wedding aid of Rs 1 lakh for their daughters and free coaching for their children.

15.Funds for RWAs to appoint and maintain independent security guards