Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that if voted to power in Gujarat, the AAP government will bear all the expenses of those who want to visit Ayodhya for the darshan of Lord Ram.
He also said that the Aam Aadmi Party will win the Gujarat elections in December this year as it is working for the people and “God”.
Kejriwal’s appeal to Lord Ram in the poll-bound state comes in the backdrop of a video purportedly showing Delhi’s Social Affairs Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam at an event where hundreds of people denounced Hindu deities and converted to Buddhism. resolved to adopt.
Addressing a rally in Dahod on the first day of his two-day visit to Gujarat, the AAP national convener said the Delhi government has launched a similar scheme under which devotees of Lord Ram can travel free of cost in special trains to Ayodhya. can.
“The temple of Lord Shri Ram in Ayodhya will be ready next year. Who wants to go to the temple? You all want to do that. But traveling, staying, eating and staying is very expensive, isn’t it? And if you take your whole family Take it, it costs a lot,” he said.
He said that if we form the government in Gujarat, we will take you for free darshan of Ayodhya ji.
He said, “In Delhi, a special train leaves with Ram devotees. Travel, food and accommodation of people are free. They are picked up from their homes and dropped back after the journey.”
Kejriwal said that when the train leaves for Ayodhya, he goes to the Delhi railway station and also welcomes the devotees when they return.
“They bless me a lot when I return,” he said. Notably, banners labeling Kejriwal as “anti-Hindu” and showing him wearing a cap surfaced in the cities of Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara on Saturday. Along with Kejriwal’s pictures, some banners had lines like “I consider Hinduism madness”, while others had the message “anti-Hindu Kejriwal go back”.
At the rally, the AAP leader reiterated his party’s commitment to provide daily allowance 40 rupees for rearing of cows when Gujarat comes to power.
Kejriwal said ending corruption will be AAP’s top priority after winning the Gujarat elections. Kejriwal said, “All the MLAs and ministers have looted the state. They say the government has suffered. Where is all the money going? … When you form the government, we will recover every paisa from them.” ”
He also reiterated that the money saved from eradicating corruption will be used to provide free electricity and quality education, health care and other facilities to the citizens.
He alleged, “Both these parties (BJP and Congress) abuse me and ask why Kejriwal gives free ‘Rewari’ to the people. BJP and Congress are against freebies because if such measures are implemented by AAP. If done, they will have nothing to loot.” ,
Kejriwal claimed that the Gujarat Chief Minister gets 5,000 units of electricity free of cost.
“If a leader says that it (welfare) should not be free or (giving anything) is free, then that leader is a crook,” he said without naming anyone.
Kejriwal also listed AAP’s “guarantees”, which include quality education and health facilities for the people of Gujarat, creation of 10 lakh government jobs and monthly unemployment benefits. 3,000.
He promised Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat, rice, gram, groundnut and cotton and electricity and compensation for 12 hours a day for agricultural activities and irrigation schemes. 50,000 per hectare for crop loss.
It is the blessings of the people that this small party won Delhi and Punjab (elections), he said. We will win Gujarat. Because we are working for the public, God, doing righteous and noble deeds.
With inputs from PTI
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