Freebie politics turns into new flashpoint between BJP and opposition as Kejriwal calls for referendum
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NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday demanded {that a} referendum be held on whether or not the taxpayers’ cash be spent on offering good training, healthcare service and different services to folks or on one’s household and associates.
Demand from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convenor got here after Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned in Panipat that “freebies” impede India’s effort to turn into self-reliant and likewise burden taxpayers.
“I demand that there should be a referendum in this country on whether the public money should be spent on one’s family or one’s friends, or it should be spent on providing facilities to common people like building good schools, good hospitals and roads,” he mentioned in a video message with out taking any names.
In a veiled assault on the BJP management, Kejriwal alleged that an environment is being created within the nation to create a notion amongst those who the nation will endure losses if the governments present free services to plenty.
“What is the job of the governments then?” he requested, saying will probably be dishonest with the folks if they don’t seem to be given services commensurate with the quantity of tax they pay.
The taxpayers aren’t cheated when their kids get good training and healthcare providers, he contended.
“They are, indeed, cheated when politicians use their money to settle loans for their friends,” he added.
Kejriwal claimed that taxpayers are “feeling cheated” at the moment as they’ll see their cash being spent on “a few friends of powerful people”.
The nation wouldn’t have been going through an financial disaster at the moment, had the federal government not written off financial institution loans value Rs 10 lakh crore, he mentioned in an obvious assault on the Modi authorities.
Meanwhile, the AAP on Wednesday mentioned a “rebellion” appears to be brewing in Uttar Pradesh in opposition to the BJP’s high management after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath introduced free bus rides to girls above 60 years.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) mentioned the UP chief minister is adopting the “Kejriwal model” regardless of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s opposition to freebies.
ALSO READ | EC welcomes SC suggestion of panel on freebies, however would not need to be a part of it
Earlier within the day, chief minister Adityanath introduced in a tweet in Hindi, “Very soon in Uttar Pradesh, we are going to make arrangements for mothers and sisters above 60 years of age to avail free rides in government buses.”
Reacting to Adityanath’s tweet, AAP nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh mentioned on the microblogging website, “After Bihar, there seems to be a rebellion against Modi ji in UP.”
AAP’s political affairs committee member Atishi additionally took a swipe on the prime minister as she tweeted, “So Modi opposes freebies and Yogi proposes freebies.”
“Battle lines are drawn within the BJP,” Atishi, who’s an MLA from Delhi’s Kalkaji, added.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal retweeted the feedback of his social gathering leaders on the microblogging website, however didn’t make any remark.
The AAP has been defending freebies since Prime Minister Modi, whereas addressing the gathering at an occasion in UP final month, cautioned folks in opposition to what he referred to as a “revadi culture” of providing freebies and mentioned that is very “dangerous” for the event of the nation.
Kejriwal and his social gathering leaders have been focusing on the prime minister over his comment, contending that offering free and good training, healthcare providers, electrical energy, water and different services to the persons are not freebies, however the waiver of financial institution loans by the federal government to “few friends”.
On August 3, the Centre got here out in full help of a public curiosity litigation (PIL) in opposition to the follow of political events promising handouts throughout elections and informed the Supreme Court that distribution of freebies inevitably results in “future economic disaster”.
The bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana requested all stakeholders, together with the Centre, NITI Aayog, Finance Commission and the RBI to brainstorm the problem of freebies promised throughout elections and are available out with “constructive suggestions” to cope with it.
The schemes for the socio-economic welfare of the deserving and deprived plenty can’t be described as “freebies”, the AAP submitted earlier than the Supreme Court on Monday whereas in search of to intervene within the pending petition on the problem.
Opposing the plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay in search of motion in opposition to political events for promising freebies throughout elections, the AAP mentioned the schemes for the deserving and deprived folks can’t be thought-about handouts.
The Kejriwal-led social gathering alleged that the petitioner (Upadhyay) is making an attempt to make use of the gadget of PIL to “camouflage” a thinly veiled try at furthering a selected political agenda.
ALSO READ | V-P Naidu phrases ‘freebie tradition’ unhealthy for financial system; TRS disagrees
The CPI(M) on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his freebies remarks and mentioned that the one freebies on provide had been the mortgage waivers to “crony” industrialists.
Dedicating to the nation a Rs 900 crore second-generation ethanol plant at Panipat in Haryana, the prime minister attacked sure opposition events for participating in politics of freebies, saying such issues would solely do a disservice to the nation because it hampers funding in new expertise.
“The poor citizens of this country are not getting any freebies. The PM and the government have been elected by the people to do their duty and ensure that all the people get their constitutional rights. Income inequality has sharply risen under this government. All citizens have the right to a dignified life, food, health and education. Nothing is “free” or “muft”. This is all people’s money.”
“Freebies are what cronies get when loans of ?10L cr of friendly businessmen are written off in last six years,” mentioned CPI(M) normal secretary Sitaram Yechury in a tweet.
He additionally mentioned that freebies are when a brand new plane, a brand new automotive and a brand new home is constructed for self when these are usually not wanted.
“Freebies are money spent on PR and advertising of one man. India is a welfare state. The money is of the people not of the government or the PM. To take care of the people is a duty of the government not some favour or charity. This kind of language used by PM must be condemned by all,” Yechury mentioned.
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday demanded {that a} referendum be held on whether or not the taxpayers’ cash be spent on offering good training, healthcare service and different services to folks or on one’s household and associates.
Demand from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convenor got here after Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned in Panipat that “freebies” impede India’s effort to turn into self-reliant and likewise burden taxpayers.
“I demand that there should be a referendum in this country on whether the public money should be spent on one’s family or one’s friends, or it should be spent on providing facilities to common people like building good schools, good hospitals and roads,” he mentioned in a video message with out taking any names.
In a veiled assault on the BJP management, Kejriwal alleged that an environment is being created within the nation to create a notion amongst those who the nation will endure losses if the governments present free services to plenty.
“What is the job of the governments then?” he requested, saying will probably be dishonest with the folks if they don’t seem to be given services commensurate with the quantity of tax they pay.
The taxpayers aren’t cheated when their kids get good training and healthcare providers, he contended.
“They are, indeed, cheated when politicians use their money to settle loans for their friends,” he added.
Kejriwal claimed that taxpayers are “feeling cheated” at the moment as they’ll see their cash being spent on “a few friends of powerful people”.
The nation wouldn’t have been going through an financial disaster at the moment, had the federal government not written off financial institution loans value Rs 10 lakh crore, he mentioned in an obvious assault on the Modi authorities.
Meanwhile, the AAP on Wednesday mentioned a “rebellion” appears to be brewing in Uttar Pradesh in opposition to the BJP’s high management after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath introduced free bus rides to girls above 60 years.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) mentioned the UP chief minister is adopting the “Kejriwal model” regardless of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s opposition to freebies.
ALSO READ | EC welcomes SC suggestion of panel on freebies, however would not need to be a part of it
Earlier within the day, chief minister Adityanath introduced in a tweet in Hindi, “Very soon in Uttar Pradesh, we are going to make arrangements for mothers and sisters above 60 years of age to avail free rides in government buses.”
Reacting to Adityanath’s tweet, AAP nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh mentioned on the microblogging website, “After Bihar, there seems to be a rebellion against Modi ji in UP.”
AAP’s political affairs committee member Atishi additionally took a swipe on the prime minister as she tweeted, “So Modi opposes freebies and Yogi proposes freebies.”
“Battle lines are drawn within the BJP,” Atishi, who’s an MLA from Delhi’s Kalkaji, added.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal retweeted the feedback of his social gathering leaders on the microblogging website, however didn’t make any remark.
The AAP has been defending freebies since Prime Minister Modi, whereas addressing the gathering at an occasion in UP final month, cautioned folks in opposition to what he referred to as a “revadi culture” of providing freebies and mentioned that is very “dangerous” for the event of the nation.
Kejriwal and his social gathering leaders have been focusing on the prime minister over his comment, contending that offering free and good training, healthcare providers, electrical energy, water and different services to the persons are not freebies, however the waiver of financial institution loans by the federal government to “few friends”.
On August 3, the Centre got here out in full help of a public curiosity litigation (PIL) in opposition to the follow of political events promising handouts throughout elections and informed the Supreme Court that distribution of freebies inevitably results in “future economic disaster”.
The bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana requested all stakeholders, together with the Centre, NITI Aayog, Finance Commission and the RBI to brainstorm the problem of freebies promised throughout elections and are available out with “constructive suggestions” to cope with it.
The schemes for the socio-economic welfare of the deserving and deprived plenty can’t be described as “freebies”, the AAP submitted earlier than the Supreme Court on Monday whereas in search of to intervene within the pending petition on the problem.
Opposing the plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay in search of motion in opposition to political events for promising freebies throughout elections, the AAP mentioned the schemes for the deserving and deprived folks can’t be thought-about handouts.
The Kejriwal-led social gathering alleged that the petitioner (Upadhyay) is making an attempt to make use of the gadget of PIL to “camouflage” a thinly veiled try at furthering a selected political agenda.
ALSO READ | V-P Naidu phrases ‘freebie tradition’ unhealthy for financial system; TRS disagrees
The CPI(M) on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his freebies remarks and mentioned that the one freebies on provide had been the mortgage waivers to “crony” industrialists.
Dedicating to the nation a Rs 900 crore second-generation ethanol plant at Panipat in Haryana, the prime minister attacked sure opposition events for participating in politics of freebies, saying such issues would solely do a disservice to the nation because it hampers funding in new expertise.
“The poor citizens of this country are not getting any freebies. The PM and the government have been elected by the people to do their duty and ensure that all the people get their constitutional rights. Income inequality has sharply risen under this government. All citizens have the right to a dignified life, food, health and education. Nothing is “free” or “muft”. This is all people’s money.”
“Freebies are what cronies get when loans of ?10L cr of friendly businessmen are written off in last six years,” mentioned CPI(M) normal secretary Sitaram Yechury in a tweet.
He additionally mentioned that freebies are when a brand new plane, a brand new automotive and a brand new home is constructed for self when these are usually not wanted.
“Freebies are money spent on PR and advertising of one man. India is a welfare state. The money is of the people not of the government or the PM. To take care of the people is a duty of the government not some favour or charity. This kind of language used by PM must be condemned by all,” Yechury mentioned.
