The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to clarify on its long-pending promise of granting full Statehood to Delhi when the party comes to power.
“The BJP, which twice in the past one year, promised full statehood for Delhi - first during the 2013 Assembly elections and then during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections – appears to have gone back on its promise. Contrary to what the BJP in fact has been promising over the last two decades for Delhi, Ms. Kiran Bedi has stated in a newspaper that ‘full statehood is not the main issue right now’. The AAP dares the BJP to let the people of Delhi know whether the statement is party’s official stand,” AAP leader Sanjay Singh said at a press conference .
The AAP said that the BJP had failed to keep all that it had promised while campaigning during the elections. “They had promised reduction in electricity rates by 30 per cent but this has not been done. Other promises like controlling rising prices of essential commodities have also not been kept,” said AAP leader Ashutosh. The AAP reiterated that the BJP’s insecurities had led it induct former members of the AAP into its party only days before the elections. “Kiran Bedi will act as a cushion between Mr. Modi and Mr. Kejriwal because the BJP was projecting the two leaders to be in a direct fight in the upcoming elections. ,” party leader Yogendra Yadav said.
