The Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) on Monday launched the registration drive for the “Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana”, below which girls will obtain month-to-month assist of ₹2,100, and “Sanjeevani Yojana”, which can present free well being care to senior residents, with AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal and chief minister Atishi enterprise registrations at East Kidwai Nagar round midday.
As a part of the drive, the names of potential beneficiaries and their cellphone numbers have been cross-checked with the voters listing, in opposition to the backdrop of the AAP alleging unwarranted deletion of voters from lists within the run-up to the Delhi Meeting elections in early 2025.
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The Bharatiya Janata Celebration’s (BJP) Delhi unit alleged that the registration was an eyewash and that types for the honorarium being stuffed by AAP leaders weren’t official ones. Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva challenged Atishi to subject an announcement from the CM’s workplace to make clear whether or not the types stuffed have been official.
The AAP stated it matched voter IDs with the listing on the Election Fee of India’s web site, and people listed have been instantly registered and issued yellow playing cards to avail of month-to-month assist. For others, Kejriwal assured to get them registered and allow them to avail of advantages from the 2 schemes.
Kejriwal stated, “From at the moment, the registration for the ‘Mahila Samman Yojana’ and ‘Sanjeevani Yojana’ has began throughout Delhi. We’ve began this initiative in my constituency (New Delhi). This yellow registration card is a particular card for ladies. Everybody should preserve this yellow card protected.”
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Dismissing issues and queries over funds for the venture, Kejriwal stated he delivered free electrical energy, free water and free bus journey for ladies, and in an analogous vein, will ship on these two fronts as properly. “I’m promising ₹2,100 for ladies, and I’ll ship that too. Don’t fear about the place the funds will come from; that’s my accountability,” he stated.
Reiterating his allegations over opposition events deleting voters from lists, he stated: “A sister informed me that somebody had received her vote cancelled. We’ll get her vote made once more. However I need to inform all my moms and sisters of Delhi that every one of you need to verify your vote. It’s essential to have your identify within the voter listing to get ₹2,100 each month.”
CM Atishi termed the launch of two schemes a “new period of girls empowerment.”
“We registered the preliminary beneficiaries of this scheme. Now, our sisters and daughters in Delhi is not going to must rely on anybody for his or her small bills,” she stated.
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To make sure, the registration drive was undertaken by the AAP however no formal registration drive was undertaken by the federal government for both of the schemes.
Later within the night, Kejriwal and Atishi launched the registration for the well being care scheme and issued “Kavach” playing cards—blue playing cards within the form of a visiting card—to senior residents. Reiterating that remedy will probably be free for all, Kejriwal stated: “All of the aged folks of Delhi are like my dad and mom; their remedy is my accountability. Our crew will register all of the aged by going door to door.”
Below the Sanjeevani scheme, the occasion has promised free well being look after residents above 60 years of age in personal and public services. Nonetheless, the finer particulars of the scheme and its funds haven’t but been charted out.
For the month-to-month assist scheme, the Delhi cupboard on December 12 granted approval for a month-to-month allowance of ₹1,000 for ladies. On the identical day, the AAP chief introduced that the occasion will improve it to ₹2,100 if it returns to energy after the Delhi polls. Kejriwal clarified that the primary instalments below the scheme will solely be credited after the elections.
Delhi BJP chief Sachdeva, on the Mahila Samman scheme, Delhi BJP questioned how registration may very well be undertaken with out notification or budgetary provision. “Individuals need authorities to cease spreading confusion and make clear how they are going to present a ₹2,100 month-to-month honorarium when their Punjab authorities has not supplied it since 2022.”
Discussing the Sanjeevani Yojana scheme, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor accused Kejriwal of betraying the aged inhabitants. “Arvind Kejriwal, who presents himself as Shravan Kumar, ought to clarify whether or not any son would deceive his dad and mom with false desires as he’s doing now. Kejriwal’s actual intention is to run a kickback scheme below the guise of personal hospital remedy,” he stated.
