Sat Feb 22 09:12:10 UTC 2025: ## AAP Demands BJP Fulfill Rs 2,500 Monthly Women’s Assistance Pledge

**New Delhi** – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is demanding the BJP government fulfill its election promise of a Rs 2,500 monthly financial assistance scheme for women. In a letter to newly sworn-in Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Atishi criticized the BJP for failing to pass the scheme in its first cabinet meeting on February 20th.

The scheme, a key promise during the BJP’s election campaign, was touted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “Modi guarantee.” Atishi highlighted that despite this promise, the scheme was absent from the BJP’s first cabinet agenda. She accused the BJP of misleading Delhi’s women and requested a meeting with Chief Minister Gupta and the AAP Legislature Party on Sunday to discuss the matter.

Atishi’s concerns were echoed in a press conference yesterday, where she displayed campaign posters featuring PM Modi and Ms. Gupta, questioning whether the promise was merely an election gimmick. She further pointed out that both PM Modi and BJP national president JP Nadda had promised the scheme’s implementation by March 8th.

The BJP’s first cabinet meeting did approve the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme and discussed the Mahila Samridhi Yojana, but the Rs 2,500 scheme remained unaddressed. The party has instead prioritized tabling 14 pending CAG reports in the upcoming assembly session, a move dismissed by Atishi as routine.

The Rs 2,500 monthly assistance was a central campaign issue, with both AAP and BJP making competing promises. Following the BJP’s victory in the February 5th elections, AAP has intensified pressure on the new government to honor its commitments. The BJP won 48 seats, while AAP secured 22.

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