Re 1 for water, power supply if elected in Delhi polls, says BJP MP

The BJP MP accused the Kejriwal government of spending more money on advertisements than the development projects undertaken by it

BJP MP Parvesh Verma on Monday said his party will levy a token charge of Re 1 for water and power supply to the poor people in the city if it wins the upcoming Assembly polls. Slamming the Arvind Kejriwal government’s free water and power supply scheme, the West Delhi MP said the token charge will be to honour the “self respect” of the residents of the national Capital.

Verma said he has conveyed his suggestion to the party’s manifesto committee and it could be one of the poll promises of the BJP for the Assembly elections slated to be