Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit complained with Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena on Thursday, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of collecting sensitive details in the name of “non-existent” programmes like its 'Mahila Samman' scheme. The scheme promising to provide Rs 2,100 for women in Delhi is AAP’s key plank for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.
Accusing AAP of committing fraud with women in the national capital, Dikshit said AAP workers were collecting phone numbers and addresses of women by making them fill out forms for a scheme that does not exist. Dikshit charged Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal claimed the 'Mahila Samman Yojana' was already operational in the city, which is not the case.
"Any political party can promise anything. If they had said that they would give Rs 2,100 if they win the elections, then there was no issue. But they said that a scheme of Rs 1,000 is going on, and they will convert it to Rs 2,100. And they are making you (women) fill forms for the scheme," PTI reported quoting Dikshit.
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Congress’s complaint comes a day after a couple of departments under the Delhi government clarified there is no such scheme and distanced themselves from AAP’s promises. The Delhi government's women and child development and health department cautioned the people against providing personal details to anyone on the pretext of registration for "non-existent" schemes. The departments also said any private individual or political party collecting such physical forms or information is "fraudulent and without any authority".
Dikshit’s complaint comes a day after Congress treasurer Ajay Maken launched a scathing attack against Kejriwal and called the latter “anti-national”. Maken also called the former Delhi chief minister “king of fraud”.