A fresh controversy has occurred in the national capital, involving the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as the two schemes announced by party supremo Arvind Kejriwal have been termed non-existent by the welfare departments of the Delhi government itself. On Monday, the Delhi government departments have also disowned the registration drive for Sanjeevani Yojana and Mahila Samman Yojana, kickstarted by Kejriwal and CM Atishi.
Earlier on Monday, Kejriwal along with CM Atishi had kicked-off registration drive for both the schemes. While campaigning for Delhi Assembly polls, scheduled in February 2025, Kejriwal had announced the Sanjeevani Yojana and Mahila Samman Yojana. The Sanjeevani Yojana aims to provide free treatment to residents over 60 years at all city hospital, including both private and government centres. While Mahila Samman Yojana promises Rs 2,100 per month to women of the capital.
Soon following the public department’s notice emerged in newspapers, a war of words occurred between the AAP and the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ). This comes ahead of the Delhi assembly elections. The Health and Family Welfare Department and the Women and Children Development Department have denied publicly existence of Sanjeevani Yojana and Mahila Samman Yojana, respectively. The two departments published an advertisements in newspapers, notifying the same.
In a notification, the health department has said that no such scheme has been notified under the government of Delhi. It further cautioned people from sharing any details with those collecting their information as it has not authorised anyone to collect personal data from elderly citizens and is not providing any card. “The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of national capital territory of Delhi does not have any such supposed “Sanjeevani scheme” in existence till date. Further health department neither has authorised any health official or anybody to collect such personal information and data from elderly citizens, nor is the department providing any card in this regard.”
While the Women department wrote, “A political party is claiming to disburse Rs 2100/month under Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana to women in Delhi. It has been notified that no such scheme has been notified under the government of Delhi. “It further said that as and when such a scheme is notified a digital portal would be launched for eligible individuals and those collecting any sort of information from women under the name of a scheme are “fraudulent.” The department has warned that sharing personal information in the public domain may lead to people falling prey to cybercrime.
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