Prefer to provide free rides to women, instead of buying new plane: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Taking a veiled dig at his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that inste of buying a Rs 191 crore-plane for himself he preferred to provide free ride to women in public transport buses.

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He said that opposition parties were getting "uncomfortable" by his government's schemes for facilitating people. "We allowed free travel to women in public transport buses and opposition raised ise over it. People ask where did money for it come from. chief minister of a state bought a plane worth Rs 191 crore for himself. I did t buy a plane and inste me travel free for my sisters," Kejriwal said at Rithala here.

women in Delhi have been allowed free travel in public transport buses by AAP government from October 29. move coming a few months before Delhi Assembly polls due early next year has been criticised by BJP as a "freebie" for political gains.

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Inaugurating construction of ros in Rohini under Rithala Assembly constituency, Kejriwal said opposition parties were t happy with his government's schemes for people. "We me 200 units of power consumption free and opposition leers are opposing it. ir MPs get free 4,000 units free, but if a driver gets it, y are pained," he said.

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Chief Minister said that cost of ro construction will be brought down by reusing old ro material. He said new ros will be constructed by digging up old ones and reusing dug up material. He said technique will save 30 per cent of construction cost. technique which will overcome problem of uneven ro surface, was available earlier but was t employed due to corruption, he said.

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