THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DELHI

Electricity, water and bus ride subsidies to continue in Delhi: an individual being in jail as per due process of law does not affect government schemes – LG

No subsidy scheme will be stopped : people should reject rumours and statements by political vested interests – LG 

Schemes part of budget approved by Govt. of India and Lt. Governor, these do not belong to an individual or a political party.

Members of a particular political party and its Ministers making patently false and deliberately misleading statements to create confusion – VK Saxena  

Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Delhi, Shri V.K. Saxena has taken serious note of patently false and deliberately misleading statements issued by not only Members of a particular political party, but also Ministers sworn to the constitutional oath of office, wherein it is being propagated that the scheme and subsidies pertaining to ‘free’ electricity, water and bus rides for women will be stopped, since the Chief Minister, Shri Arvind Kejriwal is in jail under judicial custody. 
The purported imaginary stoppage of these schemes in future is being attributed to the Central Government and the Lt. Governor. Shri Saxena has assured the people of Delhi that none of the subsidy schemes benefitting the poor will be discontinued and appealed to them to not pay heed to the statements and rumours being spread by political vested interests. The people should reject any attempts at misleading them, the LG has appealed. Shri Saxena has underlined that these schemes are paid from the consolidated fund of NCT of Delhi and not from the account of any individual or political party. These schemes are funded by the people of Delhi themselves, who contribute to NCTD’s consolidated fund by way of taxes. 
The Lt. Governor has emphasized that the aforementioned subsidy schemes are those of the government and not driven by or dependent on any individual holding any position and therefore, because of any individual being in jail, the question of a scheme getting affected does not arise. These schemes have budgetary allocation in the budget document, that is in turn approved by the Govt. of India, as per constitutional and statutory provisions. 
Shri Saxena has reiterated the earlier position taken by the Civil Administration in the City, that an individual being in jail under judicial custody, as per due process of law, does not affect any scheme, especially those that have been duly approved by the Govt. of India and the Lt. Governor himself, before being introduced in, and subsequently passed by the Delhi Legislative Assembly. 
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