Delhi Meeting Election 2025: Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday formally launched the registration marketing campaign for the ‘Pujari-Granthi Samman Yojana’. Accompanied by his spouse, Kejriwal visited the ‘Marghat Wale Baba Temple’ (ISBT), providing prayers and searching for blessings from Lord Hanuman. As a part of the initiative, the AAP chief personally registered the temple’s Mahant below the scheme, marking the graduation of its state-wide rollout.
What’s Pujari-Granthi Samman Yojana?
The ‘Pujari-Granthi Samman Yojana’ was launched by the AAP chief on Monday, forward of the upcoming Meeting elections within the nationwide capital. Below this scheme, Kejriwal promised to present a month-to-month honorarium of Rs 18,000 for Hindu temple clergymen and Gurudwara granthis within the metropolis after his get together returns to energy in Delhi. “Pujaris and granthis are an necessary a part of our society, however they’re usually a uncared for part. For the primary time within the nation, we’re introducing a scheme to help them, below which they’ll obtain a month-to-month allowance of Rs 18,000,” Kejriwal had mentioned whereas addressing the media on Monday.
BJP, Congress’ reactions on scheme
In the meantime, a number of Imams and Muazzins of the Waqf Board-registered mosques protested close to Kejriwal’s residence, demanding their salaries allegedly pending for the final 17 months. The AAP authorities pays month-to-month Rs 18,000 to Imams and Rs 16,000 to Muazzins of mosques registered with the Delhi Waqf Board. The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) has dubbed the announcement a “political stunt”, whereas the Congress termed it a “trickery” by Kejriwal, saying Imams of mosques within the metropolis had been protesting exterior his residence, demanding cost of their salaries allegedly pending for 17 months.
Delhi Meeting Elections 2025
The Legislative Meeting elections of Delhi for all 70 constituencies are scheduled to be held on or earlier than February 2025. The earlier Meeting elections had been held in February 2020. After the election, the Aam Aadmi Get together shaped the state authorities, with Arvind Kejriwal changing into Chief Minister for a 3rd time period. The tenure of the seventh Delhi Meeting is scheduled to finish on 15 February 2025.