![]() His announcement about the pilgrimage scheme came a day after the AAP government presented a Rs 69,000-crore budget themed on "patriotism" under which installation of 500 flag masts and programmes on the lives of freedom fighters are planned across the city. Speaking in the assembly on Wednesday, Kejriwal said the Delhi government has taken many steps to honour the elderly, the most important being sending them on free pilgrimages. "All senior citizens of Delhi consider CM Arvind Kejriwal the eldest son of their family and they are very happy with this announcement," he claimed. Without naming anyone, Bhardwaj said a Congress spokesperson is describing the pilgrimage scheme as "unrealistic dreams", while many people from his assembly constituency have benefited from it. ![]() The Delhi government will take care of their free pilgrimage," he added. "Let us know if Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta has never taken his parents on a pilgrimage. "We used to think that at least some people in the BJP would praise the pilgrimage scheme but instead they have got upset with this announcement," Bhardwaj told reporters. AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said the BJP's opposition to the Delhi government's Ayodhya pilgrimage scheme was "beyond comprehension". He further alleged that the Kejriwal government got a Hanuman temple in Chandni Chowk demolished for the beautification of the area and was not regularising the one that has come up in its place. ![]() ![]() For one month the VHP ran a fund collection drive but there was no information of any Aam Aadmi Party leader making any contribution," he said. "Neither he nor his party has made any contribution to the construction of the Shri Ram temple at Ayodhya. Kapoor claimed Kejriwal had never been to Ayodhya for 'darshan'. He said the chief minister's statement in the assembly calling himself a devotee of Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman was a "laughable gimmick". ![]()
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