Unemployment aid by Kejriwal a poll stunt: BJP
The Hindu
State BJP stages demonstration outside Kejriwal’s residence
The State BJP on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence demanding compensation for the unemployed in the Capital. Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta termed Mr. Kejriwal’s promises to provide unemployment allowance during his tours of Uttarakhand, Punjab and Goa “just election stunts.” “He should first tell people how much allowance he has given in the last seven years to 14 lakh unemployed registered on the government portal,” Mr. Gupta said.
State media head Naveen Kumar Jindal, spokesperson Harish Khurana, Mahila Morcha president Yogita Singh, Yuva Morcha president Vasu Rukhar and Poorvanchal Morcha president Kaushal Mishra besides other office bearers were part of the demonstration.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.