- AAP chief promises monthly stipend for new lawyers in Gujarat
- Kejriwal vows to bring RTO services to auto drivers
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEP 13
Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal will hold a town hall meeting with sanitation workers in Ahmedabad on Tuesday and also make a “guarantee” announcement, an AAP functionary said.
દેશના સર્વશ્રેષ્ઠ મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી @ArvindKejriwal ની એક ઝલક જોવા માટે ઉમટ્યો જનસૈલાબ 🔥
બસ આજ કારણે મહાભ્રષ્ટ ભાજપ રિક્ષાચાલકના ઘરે જવા માટે રોકતી હતી.#KejriwalRukegaNahin pic.twitter.com/yLP8AfeQfM
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) September 12, 2022
Kejriwal will also hold meetings with local AAP leaders and welcome new members to the party on the second day of his visit to Gujarat where the Assembly elections are due later this year, he said.
The AAP claims to have emerged as a prominent challenger to the ruling BJP in the state.
On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal held town halls with auto-rickshaw drivers, lawyers and businessmen in Ahmedabad.
માનનીય @ArvindKejriwal જી, @isudan_gadhvi, @Gopal_Italia તથા @AAPkaRajguru એ રિક્ષાચાલકના આમંત્રણનું માન રાખી એમની રિક્ષામાં બેસી એમના ઘરે જમવા ગયા! pic.twitter.com/JiDGCbJyDz
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Arvind Kejriwal promises monthly stipend for new lawyers
Arvind Kejriwal on Monday promised a monthly stipend for new lawyers in Gujarat and a strong mechanism for their protection if the AAP forms a government after polls, due in December this year.
Interacting with a group of advocates in Ahmedabad, Kejriwal said he will study the Kerala government’s scheme to pay a monthly stipend to young advocates and will come up with a scheme better than the southern state.
He assured free electricity to the court chambers of lawyers in Gujarat on the lines of Delhi and said a “very liberal policy” has been framed in view of lawyers’ demand for health and life insurance cover.
“I understood that till now, whatever we did for advocates in Delhi was the best. Just now I learnt that Kerala has gone ahead of me. I had no idea about the Kerala scheme (of paying a monthly stipend to young lawyers),” the Delhi chief minister said when a lawyer pointed out this in a town hall.
ભાજપે લાખ કોશિશ કરી પણ અમે થંભીશું નહીં!!
સામાન્ય રિક્ષાચાલકની સાથે રિક્ષામાં જ બેસીને જમવા અરવિંદ કેજરીવાલ રવાના! pic.twitter.com/0clXrgyXNl
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) September 12, 2022
Kejriwal said he will also study the Kerala scheme.
“I assure you that we will provide you with a better scheme than Kerala. We will also fulfil the demand for granting automatic stature of a notary to lawyers who completed 10 years of practice (in Gujarat)”, the AAP leader said.
Kejriwal said lawyers’ chambers are getting free electricity in Delhi.
“I think Delhi is the only state where electricity for the court chambers of lawyers is free. They had two other demands namely life and health insurance cover, for which we have framed a very liberal policy,” he said, adding that the total cost of providing health and life insurance cover to lawyers is Rs 40-50 crore for the Delhi government, “which is not a big amount for a government”.
He promised the implementation of the Advocates’ Protection Act in Gujarat if AAP comes to power.
“As you say the draft is ready, we will strengthen it if required. The law will have to be strengthened along with the police machinery…We will bring a law for the protection of lawyers and a system. These things do not cost too much,” he said.
Kejriwal vows to bring RTO services to auto drivers
Arvind Kejriwal on Monday promised auto-rickshaw drivers in Gujarat to bring Regional Transport Office (RTO) services to their doorsteps to check corruption and also to save them from harassment.
The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convener was addressing a gathering of auto-rickshaw drivers in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due later this year,
Kejriwal said the auto-rickshaw drivers had played a vital role in his victory in the Delhi elections, and urged them to do the same by promoting the AAP among their passengers and through social media.
He said his government in Delhi paid Rs 5,000 each to nearly 1.5 lakh drivers twice during the COVID-19 lockdown.
“In Delhi, you do not need to go to the RTO (Regional Transport Office) for works like renewal of licence, change of ownership, permit, or hypothecation. We have given a phone number. Give a call and a Delhi government officer will come to your doorstep. You will get your licence renewed in the same way you order a pizza on phone,” he said.
Kejriwal said this will stop bribery.
The money given as a bribe to policemen, government officials will be saved, he said.
“You will not be required to pay any bribe. But for that you will have to form AAP’s government,” he said.
Some of the auto-rickshaw drivers present at the event claimed they were harassed by police under Indian Penal Code Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).
Kejriwal said, “This (Section) 188 was also used for harassment in Delhi. I know what this Section 188 is all about. They would make bogus cases, whether one was accused or not. They’d treat them as if they were murderers. I freed them from (Section) 188, and will do the same in Gujarat.”
He said the auto-rickshaw drivers will also benefit from free and quality education and health care services that the AAP has promised in Gujarat if it comes to power.
Free electricity up to 300 units as promised by the party will also help the auto-rickshaw drivers save money and help them deal with inflation, the AAP leader said.
He also had dinner at an auto-rickshaw driver’s house in Ghatlodia area of the city.
During his multiple visits to Gujarat in the recent past, Kejriwal had announced a slew of “guarantees”, including free electricity up to 300 units per month, allowances for women and unemployed youth, free and quality healthcare and education and creation of jobs.
