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Day after Manish Sisodia said slums will remain in Delhi till Arvind Kejriwal is there, AAP supremo promises to build homes for sanitation workers

AAP supremo claimed that he wrote a letter addressed to PM Modi requesting him to provide land to the Delhi government for building houses for sanitation workers employed in the NDMC and MCD areas.

Days after Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Jangpura, and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia assured that jhuggi clusters in the national capital cannot be removed calling it ‘Kejriwal’s promise’, AAP national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Friday that he will build homes for the slumdwellers.

Sisodia had attacked the BJP by declaring the party as the biggest danger to slum dwellers in Delhi. During a roadshow in his assembly constituency, Sisodia said, “I am getting a lot of love and support from the people of Jangpura. It is a big day for me today. Poor law and order, rapes, chain-snatching, gang wars- BJP is behind all this. BJP has not been able to handle law and order here, so why should we give education and hospitals to them? Today, the BJP is the biggest danger to jhuggis in Delhi. If they come to power, all jhuggis will be razed. We are the only ones…who lie down in front of bulldozers to prevent such actions”.

Manish Sisodia also promised that jhuggis (slums) are there till Arvind Kejriwal is there.

Kejriwal now says he wants houses for all

Just a couple of days after Sisodia said slums will remain till Arvind Kejriwal is there, the AAP supremo claimed that he wrote a letter addressed to PM Modi requesting him to provide land to the Delhi government for building houses for sanitation workers employed in the NDMC and MCD areas.

“I want to draw your attention to a very important issue concerning the sanitation workers employed in the NDMC and MCD areas. These workers are the backbone of our city’s cleanliness system. During the service, they reside in government-provided accommodation. However, after retirement, they are required to vacate these houses. They are unable to purchase their own homes or afford the high rents in Delhi, leaving them and their families I’m a precarious situation”, said Kejriwal during a press conference.

He added, “Since land-related matters in Delhi fall under the purview of the central government, I request that the central government provide land to sanitation workers at concessional rates. The Delhi government can construct houses on this land for them, and the workers can repay the cost of these houses to the government in easy instalments”.

Kejriwal, who is out on bail in a multi-crore Delhi Liquor Excise Policy scam, had earlier written to the Prime Minister requesting a subsidy in the fare for students in the Delhi metro. Apparently, ahead of Delhi elections, Kejriwal’s campaign is just to ask more and more things from the Centre government.

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