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New Delhi: A group of women reportedly from different cities of Punjab staged a protest outside the residence of AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, demanding the promised women's allowance, which they claim has not been paid yet. Kejriwal, however, dismissed their claims, stating that the protesters belonged to the BJP and Congress, and were not from Punjab. Around 200 women gathered outside Kejriwal's Ferozshah Road residence, arriving in buses and raising slogans against him and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
One of the protesters, Meenu Sharma, accused Kejriwal of betraying Punjab's women. She recalled how, ahead of the Punjab elections, Kejriwal had promised a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000, a pledge that was not fulfilled. "He is now trying to deceive Delhi women with a promise of Rs 2,100.
We will go door-to-door in Delhi's slums to warn women about these false promises," Sharma told reporters. Delhi Congress President Devender Yadav also weighed in, claiming that senior Congress leaders from Punjab informed him that Kejriwal had failed to deliver the Rs 1,000 allowance to the women in Punjab. "Now he is using the same election tactics on Delhi's women with his false promise of Rs 2,100," Yadav said.
He accused Kejriwal of ignoring the welfare of poor women in Delhi for the past 11 years and reducing aid under schemes like the Ladli scheme and financial support for the marriages of widow daughters. Taking a dig at AAP, Yadav said, Congress-ruled states have implemented the promises made to the women by directly transferring funds to their accounts. Kejriwal, however, rejected the allegations, stating that the women in Punjab continued to support AAP and trusted the party.
"Congress and BJP should officially declare that they are contesting elections against AAP in an alliance. This covert, behind-the-scenes collaboration is unacceptable," Kejriwal said..
