Eyeing the Assembly elections due next year, the party leaders spoke of increasing efforts to ensure that Delhi has a "double-engine" government.
The arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal among other key leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in different cases, the AAP’s alliance with Congress to fight Lok Sabha elections, and the development projects executed by Centre in the capital – the first extended executive meeting of Delhi unit of the BJP saw party leaders stepping up attack on rivals.
Eyeing the Assembly elections due next year, the party leaders spoke of increasing efforts to ensure that Delhi has a “double-engine” government.
“This election saw a coalition of two failed parties (AAP and Congress) that fought together for their selfish interests, and that is why their defeat matters. The people of Delhi have shown that they stand with the right, not with the corrupt. There is a government in Delhi that is only playing the game of bail from jail,” Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, who chaired the meeting, said. The meeting was inaugurated by Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
An exhibition showcasing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s work over the past 10 years and the struggles of Delhi’s workers over the past 18 months was also held.
Sachdeva said that the people of Delhi “blessed” them with all seven seats in the Lok Sabha polls and it was a response to the alleged corruption by the government led by Kejriwal. The BJP won all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi for the third time in a row.
The meeting comes months before Delhi is expected to go to Assembly polls in February. The AAP won the polls by a crushing majority in both 2015 and 2020.
“The effort we put into the Lok Sabha polls needs to be quadrupled to uproot the corrupt Kejriwal government from Delhi,” Sachdeva said.
Goyal, meanwhile, attacked both Kejriwal as well as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
“As the country’s development journey continues, we move forward towards becoming a developed nation. However, it is unfortunate that a leader with a ‘child’s’ mind does not understand that the country’s public has kept his party below 100 seats for the third time, and in 13 states, they did not even open an account. Congress has become a parasitic party,” he said.
He also spoke about the Centre’s schemes, such as Ayushman Bharat, which has not been implemented in Delhi. “For the 2025 Assembly elections, we need to start working hard now to bring a double-engine government to Delhi, enabling continuous development,” he added.
In the political proposal, presented by newly-elected MP Ramvir Bidhuri and passed in the meeting, BJP spoke about the development work done by the Centre in the city, including the Bharat Mandapam, the new Parliament building, Kartavya Path, National War Memorial, and several road projects.
Reacting to Goyal’s allegations, AAP in a statement said: “Delhi already has a far superior policy for healthcare of its citizens. The Ayushman scheme does not even cover OPD patients… What has the double-engine model provided? Bridges are falling, papers are getting leaked, and crime, inflation, and unemployment are increasing… Nothing is going to happen by abusing the AAP day and night….