New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday (March 27, 2023) addressed the Delhi Assembly and spoke about his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities’s current finances for the monetary yr 2023-24. In an almost half-an-hour speech, the AAP supremo lauded the brand new Delhi mannequin of governance and known as it a zero-corruption mannequin and asserted that his authorities has completed in eight years what different political events did not do since 1947, the yr of India’s independence. As the 54-yr-previous was itemizing out the AAP authorities’s achievements together with the growth of the Delhi Metro, some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs interjected and cited the Centre’s position within the improvement of the nationwide capital. Kejriwal, nonetheless, took a dig at them and mentioned that the universe got here into being after 2014, the yr when their social gathering got here to energy on the Centre.
“Sab kuch aap hi ki kripa hai… Ye chaand, ye sitare, ye aasmaan, ye dharti… Is srishti ki rachna hi 2014 me hui thi… (Everything is because of you… The moon, the stars, the sky, the land are all there because of you… The universe came into being after 2014…),” Kejriwal mentioned sarcastically, in an obvious dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as different AAP lawmakers burst into laughter.
He then continued itemizing AAP’s achievements and mentioned that 193-kilometre metro line and 143 stations had been constructed between 1998 and 2015, whereas throughout his authorities, since 2015, 390 km-lengthy metro was constructed and 286 stations got here up.
Kejriwal additionally acknowledged the capital is quick changing into the most effective livable metropolis within the nation and that the brand new Delhi mannequin has given a hope to the nation. He defined that the mannequin means — free and good schooling, medical therapy, free electrical energy and water.
Kejriwal mentioned Delhi was earlier recognized for CWG rip-off and CNG rip-off however now it is recognized for wonderful colleges and hospitals.
“Delhi mannequin is zero-corruption mannequin… Delhi has the least inflation within the nation. Delhi mannequin is arranging world-class well being, transport, 24×7 electrical energy and water provide and making a clear and trendy metropolis.
“It’s a model of all including Hindus, Muslims, all castes, men and women. In 75 years, people have not seen such a model,” the AAP chief mentioned.
“They exhausted all their resources in saying that there is an excise scam but people are not accepting what they (BJP) are saying. The work carried out in the last eight years is much more than what has been done since Independence,” he added.
दिल्ली विधानसभा के बजट सत्र में वित्तवर्ष 2023-24 के लिए प्रस्तुत बजट पर मेरा संबोधन। LIVE https://t.co/cekl7qOwEk
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 27, 2023
“There are very few cities in the world that offer free transport services to women and Delhi is one of them. In the last three years, 100 crore free bus rides were availed. In 65 years, 5865 buses arrived in Delhi, while today there are 7,379 buses. Delhi has the highest electric vehicles,” Kejriwal mentioned.
Attacking the Centre, he mentioned that there’s an informed authorities in Delhi, whereas there may be an ‘illiterate authorities’ on the Centre.
