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Delhi Elections 2025: Arvind Kejriwal launches registration for Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana
Dec-31-2024

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal formally launched the registration for Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana. He visited the Shri Marghat Wale Baba Mandir at Kashmere Gate along with his wife Sunita Kejriwal to start the registration for the scheme.

Under this scheme, Kejriwal promised to give a monthly honorarium of Rs 18,000 for Hindu temple priests and Gurudwara granthis in the city after his party returns to power in Delhi. While addressing the media Kejriwal had said, ‘Pujaris and granthis are an important part of our society, but they are often a neglected section. For the first time in the country, we are introducing a scheme to support them, under which they will receive a monthly allowance of Rs 18,000,’.

Reacting to this, the Delhi BJP chief said that the AAP knows they are going to lose Delhi elections that's why they are remembering 'Lord Ram.' Several Imams and Muazzins of the Waqf Board-registered mosques protested near Kejriwal's residence, demanding their salaries allegedly pending for the last 17 months. The AAP government pays monthly Rs 18,000 to Imams and Rs 16,000 to Muazzins of mosques registered with the Delhi Waqf Board. While, the Congress termed it a ‘trickery’ by Kejriwal, saying Imams of mosques in the city were protesting outside his residence, demanding payment of their salaries allegedly pending for 17 months.

The Legislative Assembly elections of Delhi for all 70 constituencies are scheduled to be held on or before February 2025. The tenure of the 7th Delhi Assembly is scheduled to end on 15 February 2025.


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