'Only 3 days left': AAP reminds BJP of Rs 2,500 monthly aid deadline

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Rituraj Jha, along with party volunteers, put up a banner at the ITO Flyover on Wednesday, protesting the BJP-led Delhi government's delay in implementing the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana.

Rituraj Jha said, "During a rally in Dwarka on January 30th, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had guaranteed that Rs 2,500 per month would be transferred to the accounts of mothers and sisters. He said that with Women's Day just three days away, on March 8th, Rs 2,500 would be credited to the accounts of all mothers and sisters."
Jha stated that Delhi's women are eagerly awaiting the fulfillment of this promise.
Further, he said, "You may have made promises across the country that were later dismissed as jokes, but in Delhi, you made a guarantee--' this is Modi's guarantee'--that Rs 2,500 would come on Women's Day."
He reiterated that the women of Delhi were waiting for Modi to fulfill his promise. "We are asking, when will Rs 2,500 come? You have repeatedly said that it will be passed in the cabinet and credited to women's accounts on March 8th. But now, with only a few days left, we still don't know when the money will come. How many meetings will you hold? What will happen to the mothers and sisters who are waiting for their Rs 2,500?"
A day earlier, Delhi assembly leader of Opposition Atishi, along with AAP MLAs and volunteers, had staged a protest over the same issue.
Mahila Samman Scheme registration to begin on March 8: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari announced on Sunday that the registration process for the Mahila Samman Scheme will commence on March 8. He stated that a list of beneficiaries will be prepared, and the process of disbursing Rs 2,500 per month to financially weaker women will be completed within one and a half months.
Tiwari urged eligible women to register for the scheme, which was a key promise in the BJP’s Delhi Assembly election manifesto. The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to women from economically weaker sections.
Meanwhile, the AAP has criticized the BJP government for not approving the scheme in its first cabinet meeting, as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta defended the delay, stating that the previous AAP government left the treasury empty. However, she assured that all promises made by BJP will be fulfilled.