BJP's Vijay Goel says Congress manifesto is full of lies

New Delhi: Calling the Congress manifesto a document “full of lies”, Delhi BJP on Thursday said the ruling party had repeated the same old promises that it had failed to keep during the past 15 years.
“It’s not the Congress manifesto but a document full of lies. Many promises have been repeated before the previous three assembly elections,” said Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel.

He raised questions on the Congress promise to get full statehood for Delhi and asked the ruling party to point out ways to attain the goal.

“Congress is in power in Delhi as well as in the Centre . Till now they have failed to get the status, so what magic trick do they have now to fulfil this promise?” asked Goel.

The Congress manifesto exposes its anti-people approach as it does not talk about reduction in power and water tariff and bringing down prices of essential commodities, alleged Goel. “No concrete vision or plan about ensuring safety of women is also mentioned in it, only lip service has been paid.”

Goel added, “Congress is talking about its Ladli scheme which has been enhanced as Kabil Ladli and given extra Rs 50,000 for college-going girls. But even the existing Ladli scheme has proved to be a complete failure. The CAG report clearly says almost half of the beneficiaries are getting dropped out of this scheme.”

The BJP leader also slammed AAP for trying to “misguide” people by making promises on issues falling outside the purview of the Delhi government. “AAP’s promise for the passage of Jan Lokpal Bill is fake as even Anna Hazare has said it can only be passed by Parliament.”