Yamuna riverfront in 3 yrs, gardens to replace garbage mountains: Shah
Promises, accusations fly thick and fast as parties press the pedal on the last day of campaigning for Delhi elections
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On the last day of campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections, Home Minister Amit Shah today promised to develop a Yamuna riverfront in the next three years and vowed to clear the three landfill sites and develop them as gardens if the BJP came to power.
“Kejriwal has failed to clean the Yamuna. However, if the BJP comes to power, the work on Yamuna riverfront will be completed within three years,” Shah said, addressing a public meeting at in Jangpura segment where BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah is pitted against former deputy CM Manish Sisodia. Shah minced no words to attack the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders over a range of issues.
“When the BJP seeks votes in the next elections, the drainage and sewer water issues would have been addressed. The mountains of garbage in Delhi will have been cleared, and electricity will be generated from it. A garden will have been developed at those locations and handed over to the people of Delhi,” he said.
Firing a fresh salvo at Sisodia, Shah said he was the only education minister in the country who went to jail in connection with a liquor scam. “As Deputy Chief Minister, Sisodia focused only on opening liquor shops near gurdwaras, temples and schools,” Shah said, calling Kejriwal and Sisodia as “bade miyan and chote miyan”.
The Home Minister highlighted the dilapidated condition of roads in the city. “During the rains, half of Delhi’s roads turn into ponds. Arvind Kejriwal has broken every promise he made. This is why more than 50 per cent of AAP MLAs had their tickets changed, and many left the party,” he said, adding the AAP convener will lose from the New Delhi seat.
Highlighting the abrogation of Article 370, Shah said in 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had worked to eradicate terrorism, and by March 31, 2026, Naxalism will also be eliminated from the country.
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