Now AAP offers free water, power subsidy to Delhi tenants

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said those living in rented houses will also get free water and subsidised electricity if the AAP comes to power in the civic corporations.

“Those staying in rented houses don’t get benefit of low water and electricity tariff. After municipal elections, we will make sure even they receive the benefit,” Kejriwal tweeted.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader also appealed to the people of Delhi not to vote for the Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“The BJP hiked the electricity rates in Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh. If you vote for the Congress or the BJP in the civic polls, they would hike electricity and water rates in Delhi as well,” he said.

Delhi’s three municipal corporations with a total 272 members go to polls on April 23 and the results would be declared on April 26.

The Delhi unit of the Congress has released its first list of 140 candidates for the civic polls.

Names of the rest of the candidates for the three Delhi Municipal Corporations with a total of 272 members would be announced soon, Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken tweeted.

“Winnability and opinion of grass root level party workers have dominated the candidate selection process,” Maken said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is yet to declare its candidates, had announced that it would not give tickets to any of its sitting councillors. — IANS