Ahead of Delhi assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to launch a campaign to make senior citizen of the national capital aware of central government’ Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) which is not being implemented by the Aam Aadmi Party regime.
The Delhi BJP is set to launch a signature and awareness campaign on December 1. South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri alleged that AAP conveyer Arvind Kejriwal has stopped the implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme, denying benefits to senior citizens of the national capital.
He said, “Not once but many times he has said in the Delhi Assembly that he will not let this be implemented in Delhi. All the seven MPs of Delhi have approached the High Court regarding this.”
“A door to door signature campaign will be run from December 1 in which signatures will be taken from all senior citizens who fall under the scheme criteria. We want to give information about this Ayushman Yojana to all,” he added.
Earlier today, the Delhi High Court issued a notice to Delhi Government regarding the implementation of the AB-PMJAY in the national capital.
This comes after the seven MPs from BJP filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions for the implementation of the scheme in Delhi.
Chief Justice Manmohan linked the case with a similar ongoing matter in terms of healthcare infrastructure in Delhi and scheduled the next hearing for December 11.
Meanwhile, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj quoted union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and said that if AAP signs MoU to implement the scheme in Delhi, it will incur the benefit of Rs. 2,406.77 crore.
“The central government is ready to give Rs 47 crore to Delhi every year and is repeatedly saying that it should be implemented in Delhi so that 30 lakh people can be benefited with this scheme,” she added.
She further said that during the elections, all of us MPs had said in our manifestos that we will not let the people of Delhi be deprived of the AB-PMJAY and for this we will not let the people of Delhi be sacrificed.
On Octorber 29, 2024 Prime Minister Narednra Modi launched the expanded AB-PMJAY scheme which will apply to all aged 70 and above irrespective of their socio-economic status. The scheme will cover benefits of Rs 5 lakh per year in empanelled hospitals in India.
The expansion was part of the health projects worth Rs 12,850 crore launched by PM Modi, and is expected to benefit 60 million senior citizens.
Under the expanded scope of the scheme, eligible senior citizens, who belong to families already covered under AB-PMJAY, will get an additional top-up cover up to Rs 5 lakh per year for themselves, over the Rs 5 lakh already given to the family.
