The  Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Shri Vijay Goel today  lambasted the Congress led UPA government for mooting a proposal to rename the existing Targeted Public Distribution System as Indiraamma Anna Yojana Shri Goel said this is a blatant attempt by Congress to get political mileage from national resources and the BJP will oppose any such move. The BJP will not allow Congress to hijack the national resources for petty political gains.
 
The Union food minister K.V. Thomas have recently said on record that there is a proposal to rename the existing Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and the government is considering renaming it as Indiramma Anna Yojana.
 
Shri Goel said, “Right now no new announcements regarding renaming of the scheme after a particular political leader belonging to any political party can be made, yet the Congress leaders are attempting to violate these norms. The Election Commission should take note of this and take strict action against the Union Food Minister for going public with such comments.”
 
The Union Food Minister’s statement, at a time when election code of conduct is in force, is against the spirit of democratic norms and the Congress seems to desperate to misuse its position by naming a system meant for the poor in one of its own leaders’ name.
 
Shri Goel said the latest step is not a standalone case. In the last few days the Congress has been blatantly misusing government resources. He expressed concern that the Election Commission is adopting a very lenient approach when it comes to violation of poll guidelines by Congress leaders.”
 
“We are concerned that the Election Commission seems to be quite soft on poll guidelines violations by Congress. We demand strict  and immediate action  in such instances,” said Shri Goel.
 
“The BJP had recently pointed out the printing of photographs of CM and Power Minister on thousands of BSES bills. After that the BSES, which has 49% stake of Delhi government, accepted this was violation of poll guidelines yet it has been let off the hook with no action taken against anyone.
 
The Election Commission should penalize all those who were involved in violation of these norms by BSES. There is no action visible on the ground. The BJP will take up this matter further as it wants strict action against those who are working hand in glove with Congress government for misuse of official machinery, said Shri Goel.
 
The Delhi BJP President also pointed out that the Chief Minister’s official residence is being used for political press conferences. “We would like to know why no action is being taken by the Election Commission to stop this misuse of official machinery. The BJP demands that the misuse of official residence of CM should be immediately stopped and action should be initiated against CM and her three ministers who are holding regular press conferences there.”

The Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel today lambasted the Congress government for mismanagement of Delhi. He said the latest Delhi High Court order indicting Congress government for absence of planning in all spheres of governance vindicates BJP’s stand that Congress government has ruined Delhi turning it into slum and rape capital. The BJP’s vision comprises long term planning for at least next 20 years in all key areas such as power, water, education, health, urban planning, housing, women safety etc.
 
In the last 15 years, the Delhi High Court has entertained more than 300 writ petitions on people’s issues and issued directions to the Delhi government to redress those issues.
 
Shri Goel said, “The BJP stands vindicated after Delhi High Court’s order holding Delhi government responsible for the mismanagement of the city. The BJP has been saying for long that the Congress government in Delhi has neglected key issues like women safety, power, water, sewage, education, health, roads, development in unauthorized colonies and rehabilitation of slum dwellers.”
 
“Despite announcements of spending Rs. 2800 crore, there is lack of basic amenities in the unauthorized colonies. The water supply and sewage system is non-existent and PWD roads are full of potholes. More than Rs. 3000 crore has gone down the drain every year in the name of maintenance of PWD roads whose condition remain pathetic leading to massive traffic jams, accidents and water logging.”
 
All the major roads of Delhi are full of potholes and the monsoon recently exposed the tall claims made by the Congress government. The Chief Minister ironically was offering prayers to the rain god to resolve this problem which is actually the result of corruption and inefficiency.
 
The Delhi Jal Board, whose chairperson is the Chief Minister, fails to provide clean drinking water to nearly half of the city dwellers. There is 40% leakage of the piped drinking water indicating widespread mismanagement.
 
The power sector is the classic example of mismanagement and corruption writ large under the Congress government. Delhi could have afforded a 25-30% less power tariff but the present government has stalled such moves by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission in collusion with the power discoms.

Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel today slammed the Delhi government for its inaction despite soaring prices of onions in the city while the vegetables are vanishing from common man’s plates. He said that the advice from Maharashtra Chief Minister to Delhi Chief Minister exposes the inefficiency of the Congress government.
 
The Maharashtra CM had advised Delhi CM to buy onions directly from Nasik to control prices in Delhi. But the onion prices continue to soar indicating no action has been initiated on ground.
 
Addressing party workers of the Outer Delhi district, South-West district and Keshavpuram district, Shri Goel said, “The party will take up the issue of onion crisis at booth level in all 14 BJP districts. The BJP will expose the inaction of Congress government on the issue of onion crisis and rising prices of essential commodities over the next few days.”
 
Shri Goel said, “The Congress government is doing nothing on the ground to bring down the prices of onions and other vegetables in Delhi. It is only paying lip service and taking cosmetic measures to pile up on common man’s woes. For several months people of Delhi have been suffering due to unprecedented increase in prices of onions and other vegetables in the city.”
 
Shri Goel said, “The Congress government was in deep slumber even though another state government suggested it a few days ago to purchase onions from Nashik and sell in Delhi to reduce prevailing prices. The government must explain why did it not act on its own earlier?”
 
The Congress seems to be in the business of window-dressing over the issue of rising prices. Earlier, it claimed to sell onions through government’s outlets, which vanished much before they were officially closed by the Congress government. Those invisible outlets benefited none among the masses.
 
Shri Goel further said, “The Congress government claimed that onions are sold through Safal outlets. But, for a population of over 1.67 crores in Delhi, there are only about 350 Safal outlets, which is grossly insufficient. It has been a common experience that whatever onions arrive at these stores, it vanishes within an hour or so and even the quality of onions is bad."
 
Moreover, even the Safal outlets are selling onions at a price around Rs. 65-70 a kg, which is unaffordable for common man in Delhi. Other vegetables are also in the high pricing zone with none of the regular vegetables available below Rs. 50 a kg in retail markets in Delhi. Even potatoes are selling around Rs. 40 a kg. The festival season is around and the prices of these vegetable are not showing any trend of decline and the Congress government is completely insensitive.
 

Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel today lambasted the Congress government for total mismanagement of the prices of essential commodities in Delhi as the onions are selling at the year’s highest prices across the city. Besides onions, other staple vegetables such as potatoes and tomatoes are also selling at unprecedented prices causing lots of hardship to people of Delhi.
 
The wholesale price of onions has climbed to an unprecedented level and the onions sold at Rs. 65 per kg in wholesale markets on Monday. In retail, onions cost around and even above Rs. 100 per kg. For several months, onions are being sold between Rs. 70 and Rs. 90 in the city. Apart from onions, other vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage and even green chillies are selling at very high prices in Delhi.
 
In a statement issued today, Shri Goel said, “The festival season is around but the Congress government has dampened the mood of festivity owing to its inept handling of the price situation. The vegetable prices, particularly on onions, in Delhi have increased by over 30% just over the last one week.”
 
Shri Goel further said, “At several places in Delhi, onion prices have crossed Rs. 90-100 per kg rate. As the government has taken no concrete step to mitigate prices, the situation is likely to worsen further in the coming days.”
 
“The overall production of onions this year has been estimated 10-15% higher than the last year. This means, we have enough onions for people, but the Congress government has been doing nothing to ensure supply of the vegetable even though demand has been persistent and people have been complaining about high prices due to lack of adequate supply of onions,” Shri Goel said.
 
Delhi's onion consumption is about 800 tonnes per day. On Monday, 1,200-1,300 bags of onion, weighing about 90 tonnes, arrived at the Azadpur wholesale market. This means there is a gap of about 710 tonnes of onions for daily consumption in Delhi. This is a reflection of the absence of planning by Delhi government. The situation with other vegetables is equally bad. This state of affairs is the result of total collapse of administration in Delhi under the Congress regime. 

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Shri Vijay Goel today slammed the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for belittling growth in Gujarat and making false claims regarding development of Delhi.

Addressing a press conference today Shri Goel said, “The Delhi BJP had raised 15 questions earlier to which Congress could not respond.  Today we are releasing another list of 15 questions which exposed Chief Minister’s claims. We challenge the Chief Minister to reply to these questions and come out with the truth.”
 
15 Years, 15 Questions

The Congress government of Delhi claims that it has run the government maintaining fiscal discipline. So, will it explain why did the CAG conclude that Delhi suffered a revenue loss of Rs. 2,700 crore during the last fiscal? 
On an average, 10,000 infants die in the Delhi government’s hospitals every year. In the last 5 years, 50,000 infants have died in these hospitals. The infant mortality rate (IMR) in Delhi is 28 per thousand. Will the Congress government explain as to how will the Delhi Development Goal of reducing the IMR to 10 per thousand by 2015 be achieved? 

According to Delhi Development Report, 2013, half of the population living in the JJ Clusters in Delhi does not have the tiolet facility on their premises. If the Congress government’s claim is true about their developmental works in these areas in the last 15 years, why the poor living in JJ Clusters do not have latrines even in their homes? 

According to a study sponsored by the Union Science and Technology Ministry, Delhi is in High Health Risk Zone and that pollution has increased by 21% in the last 10 years in Delhi. Will the Congress government of Delhi explain as to why Delhi is in such a pitiable condition? 

The budget of the Delhi Commonwealth Games escalated almost 100 times from Rs. 296 crore to Rs. 28,054 crore. Will the Congress government explain as to how does it make the estimates for organizing such an event that the cost escalates by 100 times? And, will it also explain as to why did the CAG and the Shunglu Committee held Delhi government guilty in CWG scam? 

Delhi government has spent Rs. 2072 crore for cleaning River Yamuna. Will the Congress government explain why the Yamuna is becoming more polluted by the day despite spending so much of money? Where is the money going? 

The Congress government of Delhi has given more than Rs. 550 crore to the Congress government of Haryana for the construction of Munak Canal (Rs. 350 crore as original cost, Rs. 160 as additional demand from Haryana Govt. and Rs. 50 crore as goodwill gesture by the Delhi Jal Board to the Haryana Govt.). Will the Congress government explain that why Delhi spent so much of money if it was not receive even a single drop of water from the Munak Canal? 

In 2012, the CBI unearthed a multi-crore Anti-biotic Shots scam in the Delhi government will the Congress government explain how did it carry out the scam? 
 
The Delhi government had announced a target of benefiting 5,74,428 persons under the Annashree Scheme, but as the information came out in May, 2013 the number of beneficiaries under the scheme was only 7,220. Will the Congress government explain that if the Annashree scheme has benefited only 7,220 persons, why the government is claiming to have benefited 62,500 persons? 

When the Bus Cluster Scheme was launched in 2011, the Delhi government had said that 11,000 buses would be pressed into service out of which 60% would be under the Private Bus Cluster Scheme and rest under the DTC. But, suddenly in 2012, the Transport Minister changed the DTC-Private bus cluster ratio to 60-40. Will the Congress government explain why was this done and also, that while it was promised to deploy 1000 such buses by December 2012, why only 500 buses have been deployed till now? 

According to the Delhi government, Rs. 3,000 are spent on the repair of roads in the city, despite the roads are dotted with ditches. In the run up to the Commonwealth Games, several roads were built with a guarantee of 5 years, but they gave way in merely 2-3 years. The Congress government gave new contracts to the same contractors instead of blacklisting them. Will it explain why? 

The Delhi Chief Minister had promised in 2007 to build a 750-bed super specialty hospital in Dwarka. Will the Congress government explain as to why Asia’s largest sub-city with a population of over 5 lakh does not have a government hospital even 6 years after the promise made to the residents by the Chief Minister? 

22 JJ Clusters and slums were uprooted and people living there displaced for the construction of Commonwealth Games Village. Out of all the displaced families, only 20% have been rehabilitated and that too with almost no basic civic amenities in Bawana. Will the Congress government explain where are the homes of rest 80% of the displaced families? 

The Congress government of Delhi makes tall claims about power supply in Delhi, but an Assocham report said that between May and July industrial output had to be cut down by 25-45% due to frequent power cuts in several industrial areas of Delhi. Will the Congress government explain how did such a situation arise? 

In 2008, the Congress government of Delhi had promised to provide 60,000 houses to the poor under Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojana. But, will the Congress government explain as to why only about 15,000 houses have been built and why not even a single house has been allotted to the targeted beneficiaries?

The Delhi BJP will launch a door-to-door campaign from October 17-21 in all the 70 assembly segments of Delhi as a part of its mass contact programme -titled “Ghar-Ghar BJP”. Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel will himself participate in the campaign by visiting homes and meeting families personally at Majnu Ka Tila during this period. The BJP will focus on the positive campaign offering solutions to the problems being faced by people due to Congress’s 15-year misrule in Delhi. The BJP will also share with people its Prime Ministerial candidate Shri Narendra Modi’s vision for nation building.

The objective of the programme is to further push the momentum of BJP’s campaign by connecting with every household in the city.  It is part of BJP’s campaign philosophy of “Back to the basics. Through personal contact and mobilization at the grassroots level, the BJP will continue to successfully connect with every family and touch every heart.

Announcing the door-to-door campaign at a press conference today, Shri Goel said, “There are already 11763 polling booth level crack teams which have been trained in the past. Each team comprises of 32 members with youth and women being part of them.

Now going to the next level of campaign, a team comprising three members from these crack level teams will connect with masses through personal contact programme. The three member team will be led by one senior party cadre and assisted by two others. Each team will visit 20 homes, meet the members of families and share with them party’s vision about Delhi. They will also take feedback from the families about the issues concerning them. We are sending the message to every home through our committed cadres that BJP shares their concerns and is committed to make their dreams come true.”

In this way, the BJP cadres will not only establish effective communication but will strengthen the emotional bond with families in all the 70 assembly constituencies of Delhi. Each team will be given a feedback form that will be filled after discussions with the families at Ground Zero. The feedback form will help specify the issues crucial for them in their respective constituencies. These teams will also enlist the advice from every household for the BJP’s manifesto for Delhi elections.

Shri Goel further said, “The BJP teams will be carrying a  specially designed “Kit”  that will have a booklet and other literature for exchanging party’s vision with the people of Delhi to make them aware of the programmes and policies that the BJP will enforce in Delhi for its all round development when the party comes to power. The crack team will also be carrying the literature to highlight the complete absence of governance under Congress in Delhi.”

Shri Goel said, “Our focus during the door-to-door campaign will be on reminding people of the misrule by the Congress in the last 15 years. At the same time, we will be putting forth the alternative positive agenda for Delhi, which has witnessed deterioration in its status under the Congress government. The BJP, when elected to power, will provide corruption-free development in Delhi.”

The Congress government has failed on all fronts in the last 15 years and has been involved in a plethora of scams. The people of Delhi want to get rid of the thoroughly corrupt regime of the Congress, which has caused lots of hardship to the residents of the city due to high cost of living on the account of unprecedented price rise, very high power and water tariffs, all pervasive corruption and total lack of safety of women and children in Delhi.

The Delhi BJP President has challenged the Delhi Government and the Chief Minister with 15 questions marks on the     15-years’ misrule. The Delhi government has no answer to any of the questions, which have exposed the Congress completely. With the door-to-door campaign, the galvanized cadres of the BJP will further expose the misrule of the Congress in every nook and corner of Delhi at the household level.

The Delhi BJP today lambasted the corruption riddled Congress government and said it is running away from setting up of Accountability Commission as proposed by the BJP. The party said that the Congress ministers today rejected the idea of Accountability Commission for Delhi as Congress knows that its reign of corruption will be exposed by the Accountability Commission.
 
Issuing a statement today, the Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel said, “The Congress is opposing it as it is scared that the Accountability Commission will fix responsibility for scams carried out by the government in the last 15 years. Congress knows that many of those patronized and shielded by its government will land up in jails once Accountability Commission is set up for Delhi.”
 
He reiterated that the next government, formed by the BJP, will set up the Accountability Commission, which will look into the cases of corruption and irregularities effected during the 15-year misrule by the Congress government and hold people involved accountable for their wrongdoings.”
 
Meanwhile, the Delhi BJP President slammed the Congress ministers for misleading the people on issue of power, education and water. 
 
Power
 
The Congress ministers have made wrong claims regarding power situation in Delhi. The ministers’ excuse that the power purchase cost is very high and hence cheaper electricity cannot be provided to people in Delhi is misleading. The power purchase cost is high for Delhi because of the collusion between the Congress government and the power discoms.
 
The BJP will reduce power tariff by 30% by removing the malpractices in power purchase and distribution in Delhi. The BJP will introduce competition among the power discoms, provide separate neutral to every household, bring transparency in the functioning of power discoms and rework power purchase agreements.
 
Water
 
Congress ministers are misleading people by claiming that drinking water supply is available to 95% of the city. The CAG has clearly stated in its report that over 40% areas of Delhi does not get drinking water from the Delhi Jal Board. The Delhi government is, in fact, working hand in glove with the tanker mafia of the city.
 
Education

The Congress ministers have failed to mention that there has been a sharp decline in the opportunities for higher education as no new college has been set up in the last 15 years in DU by Delhi government. The BJP government during 1993-98 had set up five new colleges, established Indraprastha University and set up Directorate of Education to promote higher education and technical education. When elected to power, the BJP will bring back higher education in focus of the Delhi government, open an online university, provide relaxation of 5% marks for students of Delhi and open new colleges.