Please Don't Stall Delhi's Budget’: Kejriwal Writes To PM Modi

Centre said it sought clarification from AAP government as its budget proposal had high allocation for advertisements and relatively low funding for infrastructure and other development initiatives. 

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has written to PM Modi requesting to not stop Delhi budget

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and requested to “not stop Delhi’s budget” amid a row between the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government over the issue. 

"This is the first in the last 75 years that a state's budget has been stalled. Why are you upset with Delhiites? Please don't stall Delhi's budget. With folded hands, Delhiites urge you to pass their budget," the chief minister said in the letter.

The presentation of Delhi government’s budget for 2023-24, which was slated for Tuesday has been put on hold with the Kejriwal dispensation and the central government trading charges over allocations under various heads.

According to a PTI report, the city government said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has stopped the budget and it will not be tabled in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday.

As the Chief Minister lambasted the Centre, MHA, however said the ministry sought clarification from the AAP government as its budget proposal had high allocation for advertisements and relatively low funding for infrastructure and other development initiatives. 

Speaking at an event on Monday, Kejriwal said the Centre was resorting to “gundagardi” and added that it was the first time in the history of the country that the budget of a government was put on hold. 

Taking to Twitter, the Delhi Chief Minister shared a news report on the increase in per capita income in Delhi and said: “Delhi is doing exceedingly well, despite all obstacles being created on a daily basis. Imagine if such obstacles were not created and all govts worked together for the welfare of people. Then Delhi would grow multiple times faster." 

As the Chief Minister lambasted the Centre, as per PTI report citing sources "in Ministry of Home Affairs, the ministry said it sought clarification from the AAP government as its budget proposal had high allocation for advertisements and relatively low funding for infrastructure and other development initiatives.