Kejriwal to make "big announcement" ahead of Delhi assembly polls
Dec 22, 2024
New Delhi [India], December 22 : Ahead of the upcoming 2025 Delhi assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he will make a "big" announcement at noon.
"A big announcement today at 12 pm," Kejriwal, former Chief Minister of Delhi, posted on X.
This comes after Kejriwal on Saturday announced the Dr Ambedkar Scholarship for the higher education of Dalit students.
Kejriwal stated that under this scholarship scheme, the Delhi government will cover the expenses of Dalit students after they gain admission to top universities across the world. Government employees from the Dalit community can also avail of this scholarship.
Addressing a public event, Kejriwal said, "I want to ensure that no person from the Dalit community is deprived of higher education, for this, I am announcing the Dr Ambedkar Scholarship. Now any student from the Dalit community who wants to study in top universities across the world, the Delhi government will bear their expenses after the admission of the students...This scholarship will also be applicable to government employees from the Dalit community.
"He added that this scholarship is a response to BJP and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who disrespected Dr BR Ambedkar.
"We are giving an answer to BJP and Union Home Minister Amit Shah who disrespected Dr BR Ambedkar by announcing the Dr Ambedkar Scholarship," he said.
This came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in his address to the Rajya Sabha, reportedly said, "If they (opposition) had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar, they would have gotten heaven for seven lives."
Meanwhile, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva questioned the timing of the Dr Ambedkar Scholarship announced by Kejriwal.
Responding to the announcement, the BJP leader asked Arvind Kejriwal, "Five years have lapsed and Delhi Sports University has not been completed...Why was this scholarship not announced in the last ten years."
