BJP woos city slumdwellers
The Delhi BJP on Friday promised flats, cheap electricity and ration cards to 30 lakh slumdwellers if it is voted to power in the upcoming Assembly election. The party accused chief minister Sheila Dikshit of doing nothing for them in 15 years.
Releasing the party’s “Vision Document” for the welfare of those living in slums, Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel said, “They announce many schemes ahead of polls but they are not implemented, when they come to power. Take the example of Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana, providing ration cards or Antyodya Yojana.”
Mr Goel said that if BJP is voted to power, then its priority would be to build and provide flats to slum dwellers at the place where they are living at present.
There are around 30 lakh slum dwellers living in 685 clusters and 4.18 lakh jhuggis in Delhi.
“Priority would be given in allotment of flats to those who have applied for one under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana,” Mr Goel said, adding that the government would begin issuing ration cards, which had been put on hold by Sheila Dikshit government for last eight years.
Asserting that the BJP government would also provide BPL cards to them so that they can get not only rice and wheat but also pulses and edible oil at cheap rate.
Around 16 lakh people, with an income of `1 lakh per annum are unable to get subsidised grains as their ration cards are not stamped, he asserted.
“All those living in slums would be given a free LPG gas connection with stove and BJP government would ensure that those unable to buy a 14 kg cylinder get a four kg LPG cylinder at government rates. The Congress government made the city kerosene-free but failed to provide gas connections to them,” Mr Goel said.
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