After Mahila Samriddhi scheme, AAP targets Delhi BJP government over promise of free LPG cylinder from Holi

The Aam Aadmi Party protested in Delhi on Thursday, condemning the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the national capital for not implementing its poll promise of providing free LPG cylinders from Holi. The opposition AAP charged BJP is a ‘jhumla’ party making false promises to the public. 

AAP workers protested in various places in Delhi demanding the Delhi government to implement the free LPG cylinder scheme as promised. AAP cadres protested holding LPG cylinders and placards in the shape of LPG cylinders. Opposition leader Atishi tweeted, “People of Delhi are asking: Holi has come, When will the free cylinder arrive?”

Atishi on Wednesday told ANI, “The BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave several promises to the people of Delhi. The promise of Rs 2,500 turned out to be 'Jhumla'. Women of Delhi were supposed to get a free cylinder during Holi, only two days are left and women of Delhi are waiting for the free cylinder. At different parts of Delhi, women are protesting with empty cylinders against BJP and their fake promises.”

However, the Delhi BJP president  Virendraa Sachdeva dismissed AAP’s charges and said the poll promise would be fulfilled. “Atishi and AAP do the politics of lie, arrogance and confrontation. They always made false promises. Earlier, they used to protest over our promise of providing Rs 2,500 to women. Now, they are worrying about cylinders. I want to tell them that the BJP will fulfil all the promises that it has made in Sankalp Patra. Some budgetary rules needs to be followed. The people have rejected them, and soon AAP will face worse conditions than Congress," ANI reported quoting the BJP leader.

The AAP conducted statewide protests in Delhi earlier condemning the BJP for delaying the implementation of Rs 2,500 monthly assistance scheme for women. The Delhi cabinet later approved the scheme on March 8, International Women’s Day.