New Delhi: The AAP staged a protest here on Tuesday and demanded clarity from the BJP-led Delhi government on the promise to roll out Rs 2,500 monthly financial assistance to women by the International Women's Day on March 8.

The demonstration outside the Mandi House metro station here was led by former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Atishi along with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs and party workers.

Atishi in a post on X questioned the BJP government over the delay in implementing the scheme.

"Four more days are left. The women of Delhi are waiting when will Rs 2,500 come? Modi had guaranteed that on March 8, the first installment would be credited to the accounts of all women in Delhi. Will this guarantee be fulfilled or will it once again prove to be just a slogan?" she wrote on X in Hindi.

The BJP hit back at the AAP.

Delhi BJP Virendra Sachdeva said that before questioning his party, Atishi should explain as to why her government did not give women the allowance even after she herself made a provision to give Rs 1,000 per month as the 'Mahila Samman' allowance in the budget 2024-25.

He charged that Arvind Kejriwal played a "similar game" in Punjab during the 2022 elections by promising Rs 1,000 per month to the women voters but that promise remains unfulfilled even after three years.

"The women of Delhi have rejected the AAP and now the women of Punjab will wipe out the party in February 2027 elections in the state," he said.

AAP MLA from Kondli, Kuldeep Kumar, also took a dig at the BJP, asking Delhi's newly appointed Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to clarify the status of the promised financial assistance.

"PM Modi had said that on the occasion of the International Women's Day on March 8, Rs 2,500 would be sent to the accounts of women. Now, CM Rekha Gupta should tell whether this guarantee is going to turn out to be a 'jumla' like the promise of Rs 15 lakh," he posted on X.

The BJP had made Rs 2,500 monthly assistance promise to women during the Delhi Assembly elections, surpassing the AAP's offer of Rs 2,100. The BJP swept the polls, winning 48 out of 70 seats, reducing the AAP to 22, while the Congress failed to secure any seat.

With March 8 approaching, the AAP has intensified its demand for a clear timeline on the scheme's implementation.

Sachdeva said the BJP is fully committed to every promise made to the people of Delhi in its 2025 Assembly Sankalp Patra, including the Mahila Samriddhi Yojna, and the Delhi government will fulfill them soon.

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