{"id":350512,"date":"2024-10-10T08:09:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=350512"},"modified":"2024-10-10T08:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T13:39:36","slug":"after-revenue-deficit-projections-for-delhi-atishi-throws-this-challenge-to-bjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/after-revenue-deficit-projections-for-delhi-atishi-throws-this-challenge-to-bjp\/","title":{"rendered":"After revenue deficit projections for Delhi, Atishi throws this challenge to BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"740\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/10\/After-revenue-deficit-projections-for-Delhi-Atishi-throws-this-challenge-to-BJP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/10\/After-revenue-deficit-projections-for-Delhi-Atishi-throws-this-challenge-to-BJP.jpg 740w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/10\/After-revenue-deficit-projections-for-Delhi-Atishi-throws-this-challenge-to-BJP-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/10\/After-revenue-deficit-projections-for-Delhi-Atishi-throws-this-challenge-to-BJP-696x389.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> After the Finance Ministry flagged Delhi\u2019s revenue deficit projections for the year 2024-25, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday responded by challenging the BJP to show even one state where they govern with a profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;BJP governs 22 states. I challenge them to name one where they are in profit. I will present Delhi&#8217;s accounts, and let the BJP do the same for any state they control, &#8221; Atishi said during a press conference here on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed confidence in Delhi&#8217;s financial management and promised to present the government&#8217;s accounts for public scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a key decision at a cabinet meeting, Atishi announced an increase in the MLA fund from Rs 10 crore to Rs 15 crore annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, &#8220;The Delhi government made a significant move by increasing the MLA fund from Rs 10 crore to Rs 15 crore per year. No other state in the country has allocated such a large amount as the MLA fund.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Atishi accused the BJP and Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena of political manoeuvring, after her belongings were allegedly removed from the Chief Minister\u2019s residence at 6 Flagstaff Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She claimed the BJP, unable to win in Delhi, is now attempting to seize control of the Chief Minister&#8217;s official residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBJP could not defeat the Aam Aadmi Party in the elections. They could not form a government. So, they run Operation Lotus. They put our ministers and leaders in jail as a conspiracy but still, they fail to break our party and government. Now when all their tricks have failed, they want to occupy the Chief Minister&#8217;s residence. Aam Aadmi Party leaders have not come into politics for big bungalows and cars. If needed, we will work for the people even sitting on the road, \u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is focused on serving the people of Delhi, even if it means working from the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atishi also accused LG Saxena of engaging in &#8220;cheap politics, &#8221; alleging that he stalled Delhi government projects, empowered criminals, and illegally ordered the felling of 1100 trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0 After the Finance Ministry flagged Delhi\u2019s revenue deficit projections for the year 2024-25, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday responded by challenging the BJP to show even one state where they govern with a profit. &#8220;BJP governs 22 states. I challenge them to name one where they are in profit. I will present [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":350513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1801],"tags":[16191,16188,18708,17909],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350514,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350512\/revisions\/350514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/350513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}