On day one of new assembly, AAP protests outside Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s office over poll promises

Members of the Aam Aadmi Party protested outside Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s office on Monday demanding the implementation of monthly assistance for women scheme. The protest comes on the very first day of the new assembly in the national capital.

The Delhi Assembly was convened for a three-day special session on Monday and newly elected members of the house took oath in the presence of Pro-tem Speaker Arvinder Singh Lovely. The AAP members led by Opposition leader Atishi protested outside the chief minister’s office for going back on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of providing Rs 2,500 monthly assistance to women in the national capital from March 8, International Women’s Day.

Atishi said they protested since the chief minister did not allow time for the opposition to meet her."We asked for time from the Delhi CM two days ago. But we were not given time, so we are here outside her office in the assembly. We want to meet her regarding the promise of PM Modi to provide Rs 2,500 to women after the first Cabinet. Modi's guarantee is proving wrong," Atishi told PTI. Atishi added the chief minister did not give them any assurance but said she was trying her best to fulfil the promise.

Later, addressing presspersons, Atishi charged the Delhi government was anti-Dalit and anti-Sikh. The former chief minister charged portraits of Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh have been removed from CMO. “The anti-Dalit mentality of the BJP is well known. Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had put up photos of Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh in every office of the Delhi government. Since BJP has come to power, it has removed both these photos from the CMO. This shows that the BJP is an anti-Dalit, anti-Sikh party,” ANI reported.