Bangla Hunt,Pallab Ghosh: Delhi Assembly Elections knocking at the door! After the much hyped subsidy on electricity and water, Kejriwal government mulling over giving free ride to women on Delhi Metro. It also plans to give free travel to women on Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster busses. On an average, women passengers constitute to around 33 per cent. Earlier, Kejriwal government made free ride for women on the Rakshabandhan day as a mark of respect and love to sisters.
According to sources the AAP gover ment has already held taljs with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Expences Highlights:
1. An estimated 1,300 crore rupees will be spent to give free ride to women on DMRC.
2. An estimated 300 crore rupees will be spent on DTC and cluster busses.
3. Over 1,400 rupees being spent on subsidy on electricity.
Political parties are gearing up for the tough fight in the state next year. However, it’s quite unfortunate that political parties awake from their deep sleep when polls come closer. Delhi has many problems, average are untouched or unattended from MCD to Assembly and even administration. If these politicians take stock of the situation a through five-years then they would nog have to give poll ‘lollipops’ to voters
Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Admi Party (AAP) had played an unique ‘card’ to attract and appease the vote bank. Kejriwal in his manifesto had promised cheaper water. After coming to power, it announced every household in Delhi to get 20,000 litres of water free of cost every month. Apart from water, families that consume less than 400 units of power per month will get a 50 per cent discount.
A section of people in Delhi, have stood beside Kejriwal as they feel someone has done something for them, may be ‘lollypops’ to woo vote bank politics. “political party apna sochegi, yeh to pakki bast hai. phirbhi AAP ne subsidy dekar thora to faida kiya hai” (you see no political party will do selflessly, still AAP has given some relief with these subsidies), said Rashita Agarwala, a homemaker in IP Extension, Patparganj, East Delhi. Like her many areu supporting AAP just because of the subsidies. Some apprehend if new Government comes to power it may levy amounts in retrospective.
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