Projects launched by PM are joint ventures with state: Arvind Kejriwal responds

Kejriwal hit out at Modi, alleging that the Prime Minister spent most of his speech “abusing” the AAP government. “The PM spoke for 38 minutes today. Of these, he spent around 29 minutes abusing the people of Delhi and the elected government. I felt very bad. People expect that a Prime Minister will give a vision for Delhi, but he just abused us. But I don’t want to get into that. I want to remind the PM of the promises made in the 2020 sankalp patra. The people of rural Delhi are still waiting for them to be fulfilled,” he said.

Kejriwal was referring to the promises made by the BJP in its manifesto ahead of the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls, including that the party would give land ownership rights to the people of rural Delhi, relevant amendments to the Delhi Land Reforms Act and alternative land plots to farmers whose land has been acquired.

Pointing to the delay in notifying the 2041 Delhi Master Plan, Kejriwal said, “The 2041 Master Plan is still not finalised. Delhi’s development has been stalled because of it. Why has it not been notified yet? The Land Pooling Policy, notified in 2018, has still not been implemented. If this was done, many sub-cities like Dwarka would have been created. How dare they (BJP) come and seek votes despite not doing any of these things? They only want votes for abusing Kejriwal.”

Talking about the unique nature of Delhi, a Union Territory with special powers, Kejriwal said, “Delhi is a half state, one is under us, and the other half is under you (Centre). Why have you not done what you were supposed to do? If you had done all the work you promised, the whole of rural Delhi would vote for you. But now they are waiting to teach the BJP a lesson for breaking its promise. They say they no longer trust what the Prime Minister promises.”