LoP in the Delhi Assembly and AAP leader Atishi during a press conference regarding the BJP-led Delhi government’s promise to roll out ₹2,500 monthly financial assistance to women, in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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The AAP on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) questioned the ruling BJP in Delhi over its promise to provide free cooking gas cylinders to women on the occasion of Holi.
Addressing a press conference, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said that women in the capital are waiting for the BJP to fulfil its pre-poll promise.
“I want to ask the BJP government and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta if they will fulfil their poll promise of providing free cooking gas cylinders to women in Delhi on Holi, or will it prove to be another gimmick like providing monthly financial assistance of ₹2,500 to women,” Ms. Atishi said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in its manifesto for the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls, promised to provide cooking gas cylinders to women from economically weaker sections for ₹500 along with two refills free of charge on Holi and Diwali.
The BJP government has approved a Mahila Samriddhi Yojana for providing ₹2,500 monthly assistance to women from poor families in Delhi and sanctioned ₹5,100 crore for the scheme.
Registration for the scheme is yet to commence.
The AAP has been attacking the BJP, claiming it did not fulfil its poll promise of crediting ₹2,500 into the bank accounts of women in Delhi.
Published – March 11, 2025 02:53 pm IST