‘Congress and BJP are responsible for the hike in water and electricity rates. When interim budget of Delhi was passed by parliament, both parties could have made options for extending subsidies for electricity in interim budget. But it has not been done by them,’ AAP’s national spokesperson Deepak Vajpayee said here.
However, former opposition leader of Delhi assembly, BJP’s Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Tuesday slammed former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for the steep hike in the power and water tariff in Delhi.
Malhotra further elaborated that the budget provision passed by the Delhi legislative assembly for the 2014-15, as proposed by Kejriwal, did not make any provision for the subsidy in power and water tariff. There was provision for subsidies only up to 31 March, 2014.
Meanwhile, Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh lovely said that Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal was fully responsible for the end in power and water subsidies in Delhi from 1 April.
‘Kejriwal had promised to give 700 litres of free potable water, which was an enactment of a drama. Despite the Congress party’s support, he deliberately sought approval in the Delhi assembly to sustain the Power subsidy and free water supply of 700 litres only up to 31 March’, said Delhi Congress chief Lovely. Arvinder Singh made it clear that Kejriwal was ‘fully responsible’ for the hike in the power and water tariffs, and the ‘people of Delhi will never forgive him for this act’.
However, former opposition leader of Delhi assembly, BJP’s Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Tuesday slammed former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for the steep hike in the power and water tariff in Delhi.
Malhotra further elaborated that the budget provision passed by the Delhi legislative assembly for the 2014-15, as proposed by Kejriwal, did not make any provision for the subsidy in power and water tariff. There was provision for subsidies only up to 31 March, 2014.
Meanwhile, Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh lovely said that Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal was fully responsible for the end in power and water subsidies in Delhi from 1 April.
‘Kejriwal had promised to give 700 litres of free potable water, which was an enactment of a drama. Despite the Congress party’s support, he deliberately sought approval in the Delhi assembly to sustain the Power subsidy and free water supply of 700 litres only up to 31 March’, said Delhi Congress chief Lovely. Arvinder Singh made it clear that Kejriwal was ‘fully responsible’ for the hike in the power and water tariffs, and the ‘people of Delhi will never forgive him for this act’.