TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday released its manifesto for the upcoming Delhi assembly election 2020. The manifesto was released by Chief Minister and party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and party leaders Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh among others.
“AAP has the vision to run the government and to ensure that common people live their lives happily. In the last five years, we have worked to make Delhi a modern and advanced capital. And the manifesto also lays out a map for further pursuance of that objective,” Manish Sisodia said in a press conference in Delhi.
Sisodia said, “The Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill which was passed in Delhi Vidhan Sabha in 2015, has been pending with the Central Government for the last 4 years. The AAP Government will continue its struggle to get the Bill passed. “If a sanitation worker dies during duty then his/her family will be given a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore,” Sisodia said.
“I would like to tell BJP that people of Delhi want the BJP to declare a Chief Ministerial candidate and I am ready to debate with that person,” Kejriwal added. The assembly elections on all 70 seats are scheduled to be held on February 8 and the counting of votes will take place on February 11.