Following an inquiry ordered by L-G V K Saxena, Delhi Police has directed senior officers of all 15 police districts to keep a lookout for suspicious “private” individuals collecting personal details of women on the pretext of enrolling them under the Mahila Samman Yojana ahead of the upcoming elections, a senior police officer said Sunday. “The DCPs have been instructed to keep a close eye on the matter to investigate it,” the officer said. On Saturday, officials from the L-G Secretariat confirmed that a high-level inquiry has been ordered into the AAP Delhi government’s proposed Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, after a complaint from Sandeep Dikshit, former Congress MP and the New Delhi Assembly seat candidate. Dikshit alleged that cash was being transferred, in crores, from various parts of Punjab to Delhi ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls. Recently, senior officers in the Delhi Women and Child Development (WCD) disowned the registration process started by Chief Minister Atishi and Kejriwal for the scheme. In response, the AAP said: “Launching an inquiry over a simple election promise exposes the BJP’s desperation, highlighting their lack of CM face, plan, and vision for Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal wants to give Rs 2,100 to every woman in Delhi and the BJP is trying its best to stop this. We want to tell the people of Delhi - this time in the elections, press the ‘jhaadu’ (broom) button so hard that the BJP gets a strong electric shock.”
