The Delhi Congress on Tuesday said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was now seeking suggestions from Delhiites as the government had failed to control the COVID-19 pandemic by taking autocratic decisions.
“Instead of addressing the issues arising due to the pandemic head-on by taking the suggestions of the opposition parties, Residents’ Welfare Associations and other informed people, Mr. Kejriwal had taken autocratic decisions and now by seeking suggestions wants to pass on the blame to the people for his own failures,” said Delhi Congress chief Ch. Anil Kumar.
He added that the government has not accepted suggestions made by the Congress nor called them the Delhi Congress leadership for a personal interaction despite the party making several attempts. Mr. Kumar said he had written several letter to Mr. Kejriwal starting in March, demanding that the government allocate ₹6,000 crore in its budget for health package, free good grains, financial package like three months’ advance pension and salaries to its employees, loan assistance, tax relief etc. for the people of Delhi in view of the Covid crisis, but it elicited no response.
Mr. Kumar said that in the latest letter written on May 11, he had forwarded a list of the migrant workers received by the Congress, wanting to go back to their homes in trains and offered to bear their train cost by the government did not respond.