Published 18:19 IST, December 29th 2019
BJP coins on-the-fly counter to AAP's 'Acche beete paanch saal, lage raho Kejriwal'
The campaign for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls gained further momentum on Friday as the Delhi unit of BJP unveiled its slogan, targeting Kejriwal's record.
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The campaign for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls gained further momentum on Friday as the Delhi unit of BJP unveiled its slogan ‘Paanch saal Delhi behaal, ab nahi chahiye Kejriwal’ (Delhi has suffered for 5 years, now we don’t want Kejriwal). This appears as a direct response to the slogan framed by the AAP government- ‘Acche beete paanch saal, lage raho Kejriwal’ (The 5 years were spent well, continue Kejriwal).
Read: Ahead Of Assembly Elections, Kejriwal Releases Report Card Of Delhi Govt's Top 10 Achievements
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BJP's questions on AAP government's work in the education sector
On its Twitter account, the Delhi BJP unit raised several questions pertaining to the education sector. First, it contended that the AAP's report card was a 'bunch of lies'. BJP alleged that the AAP government had not spent Rs.145.72 crore, allocated for higher education.
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Thereafter, the AAP government was accused of increasing the education budget by only 0.41% despite the increased economic capacity of the national capital. Similarly, BJP targeted the Kejriwal regime for not spending enough on technical education. Another charge was that the Delhi government could spend only 79% of the budget allocated for education in the year 2016-17.
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The Delhi Assembly polls
Assembly elections are expected to be conducted in Delhi in the month of February. In the previous election, Kejriwal-led AAP secured a whopping 67 out of 70 seats as against BJP which bagged only 3 seats. This time, poll strategist Prashant Kishor's I-PAC has joined forces with the AAP.
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14:37 IST, December 28th 2019