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Congress candidate from the New Delhi assembly constituency, Sandeep Dikshit, on Monday took a dig at Delhi Chief Minister Atishi for her 'crowdfunding campaign' to contest the election, saying that the ruling AAP is spending much more than the expenditure limit.
He alleged that AAP is spending Rs 500 to 700 on each volunteer. He stated that the party had appointed around 11 to 12 volunteers in each booth. "...Their (AAP) paid volunteers are on the ground with 11-12 of them at each booth. Each volunteer is being paid Rs 500-700. This only amounts to Rs 3-Rs 4 crore in every constituency. You are spending 3-4 times above the expenditure limit. So what honesty are you talking about?" the Congress leader questioned. Notably, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi raised more than Rs 15 lakh through her online portal on Sunday. Atishi has set a goal of garnering Rs 40 lakh as her election campaign fund, contesting from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency. As of January 10, 5:30 PM, the party's donation page shows 278 people have donated a total of Rs 15,15,930 to her. Election Commission of India has restricted a candidate to spend Rs 40 lakh for one assembly seat in the election polls. He further targeted AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal over his allegations that the BJP has "tendered" the land for the Shakur Basti slum and termed his claim as a 'lie.' " The LG's clarification has caught Kejriwal's lies. I don't understand why Kejriwal lies so much. If you had done work for 'jhuggis,' then you would not have had to lie so much... 10-12 years ago, when Sheila ji used to contest elections from the New Delhi seat, there were around 45,000 voters from jhuggi clusters in the constituency. Today, only 7000-8000 voters are left. During the G20 and before that, many jhuggi clusters were removed from here. Where did jhuggi dwellers go? 30,000 voters from the constituency have been thrown out of here; we don't even know where they are. Why did Kejriwal not protest over this? Congress leaders used to lie down in front of bulldozers to prevent the razing of jhuggis...A man who cannot ensure the rights of those in his constituency cannot say anything on any issue." Dikshit told ANI. This comes after Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the BJP has "tendered" the land for the Shakur Basti slum. He accused LG Saxena of "changing the rules.". Following this, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena slammed Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, calling his statement on Shakur Basti "a complete lie." Congress has fielded Sandeep Dikshit as their candidate against AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and BJP's Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi assembly constituency. (ANI)
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