Don't vote for those who want to stop welfare work in Delhi: Kejriwal's MCD poll pitch
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged people not to vote for those who want to stop the development and welfare work in the city in the upcoming civic body polls.
Speaking at the MCD poll campaign in central Delhi's Paharganj, he talked about his government's intervention in building schools and hospitals as well as providing free electricity and water.
He, however, rued that the dispensation could not do much for improving sanitation in the city as he said "the responsibility of the same lies with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)".
"Do not vote for those who want to stop the development and welfare work in Delhi," Kejriwal said in an apparent reference to the BJP.
"In our tenure, we improved schools and hospitals, provided free electricity and water besides installing CCTVs and building 'mohalla clinics', but we feel sad that we could not do anything about improving sanitation as it is the responsibility of MCD.
"Give us one chance to clean Delhi. We will deliver results," he said.
The AAP supremo also promised to not allow "garbage of mountains in Delhi".
He also hit out at the office of the Lieutenant Governor and the BJP for hindering the work of the Delhi government.
"The BJP has deployed L-G sahab to stop my work. Do not vote for those who stop the progress of Delhi," he said.
Exuding confidence of winning the December 4 MCD polls, Kejriwal said, "We will win the MCD polls, it is just that we want to see how many seats we get.
"You gave me 67 out of 70 seats in assembly elections. I am fond of the taste of such victories. I do not want anything less than that," he said.
He also claimed a conspiracy by the BJP to stop the free supply of power to Delhi residents.
"They (BJP) have hatched a conspiracy. But Kejriwal won't let them succeed," he added.
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Murder accused on parole rapes 15-year-old girl in Sangli
Mumbai, Aug 24: A murder accused out on parole allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Sangli city, police said on Saturday.
The accused, Sanjay Prakash Mane (34), was arrested in the morning, an official said.
Mane is an accused in a 2011 murder case and had come out on parole two months ago, he said.
The girl had stepped out to go to a shop around 9.30 pm on Friday when the accused waylaid her, forcibly took her to his house and raped her, the official said.
The girl informed her mother about the assault on Saturday, following which a complaint was lodged, and the accused was apprehended within two hours, he said.
Mane had allegedly also molested the girl last month, the official said.
The accused has been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
