Delhi elections: BJP asks Aam Aadmi Party to fulfil promises made in manifesto

New Delhi: With Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) having registered a stunning victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, the party will now have to hit the ground running to fulfil the promises made in its manifesto. Many of the promises made by the party and its chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal are freebies.

Reacting to AAP's victory, Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gave a clear message that the BJP and Modi government at the Centre would keep a tab on AAP's assurances. "Kejriwal must deliver his promises," he said.

Dileep Pandey of AAP assured that the party will fulfil all its promises. "The mandate is overwhelming. We will work together for good governance. We will fulfill our promises," he said.

Kejriwal had quit the 49-day government on February 14, 2014 saying he did not have the numbers and could not get Jan Lokpal Bill passed as the BJP and Congress did not support it. AAP, with 28 seats, ruled with the support of Congress which had 8 seats. The BJP-led NDA had won 32 seats.

But having won the 2015 elections with brute majority, expectations of AAP and Kejriwal will also be high as far as fulfilling the promises are concerned. Some of the important promises made by AAP in its manifesto are as follows:

Passage of Delhi Jan Lok pal Bill

To legislate Swaraj Act

Full Statehood for Delhi

Electricity bills will be halved

CAG audit of discoms

Delhi to be made a solar city

Free 700 litres of water to every household having metered connection

500 new schools, 20 new colleges

Free Wi-Fi throughout Delhi

Drug-free city

E-rickshaw will be protected

Justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots

Fill 55,000 immediate vacancies in government departments

Gram sabhas to be empowered to make decisions regarding Delhi's villages

Extension of Lal Dora

Special reservations have been made for all senior citizens and youth of the nation

To establish a unified transport authority for a holistic transport policy

To provide better facilities to industrial areas

To provide loans to young entrepreneurs at low interest rates

To enforce an education loan guarantee scheme

To make Delhi into a manufacturing hub

Licences and permanent spaces for street vendors

Bring an end to raid and inspector raj