BJP claims only 440 jobs created by Delhi government since 2015

NEW DELHI: BJP leaders have accused Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of making false claims that the AAP government has provided 12 lakh jobs to young people in the national capital.
They claimed that an RTI reply showed that only 440 jobs were given by the government since 2015. There has been no response yet from the Delhi government or the AAP regarding these allegations.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari called Kejriwal the "biggest liar and the most corrupt and dishonest chief minister in the country" and stated that the claim of 12 lakh jobs was proven false by the government's own RTI reply.
"Kejriwal is the biggest liar and the most corrupt and dishonest chief minister in the country. It sounds good that 12 lakh jobs have been given, but it is a false claim as has been proved by a RTI reply of his government itself," he said.
During his visit to Assam on Sunday, Kejriwal promised jobs for all unemployed youngsters if the AAP is voted to power in the northeastern state and said his party has given employment to 12 lakh people in Delhi in seven years and 28,000 people in Punjab in a year.
BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar said of the 440 jobs given by the AAP government in Delhi from 2015 to 2023, 176 were given in 2015, 102 in 2016, 66 in 2017, 68 in 2018 and 28 in 2020.
The Kejriwal government failed to provide a single job in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023, he added.
Mahawar said till March 14, the total number of registered candidates on the job portal created by the Delhi government was 15,76,846, which increased to 15,91,328 a day later.
(With inputs from PTI)