Union Minister and former Delhi BJP President Vijay Goel took out a cycle rally on Sunday from his residence and cycled through three parliamentary constituencies — New Delhi, East Delhi, and Chandni Chowk.

He was joined by rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra in a drive to popularise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and to send a message on curbing environmental pollution.

Mr. Mishra said that Delhi is paying for the misdeeds of the Delhi government and that the people of this city would teach Mr. Kejriwal a lesson by not voting for AAP in the Lok Sabha election and in the Assembly polls scheduled next year.

Mr. Goel said that the only issue AAP has been taking up this election season is that of full statehood for Delhi, adding that the party was spreading falsehood among people.

‘AAP hiding facts’
“They came to power promising that they would make Delhi corruption-free, but till today, it has not established a Jan Lokpal. The statehood campaign is being run by AAP to hide the fact that they had done no work,” Mr. Goel further said.

He also said that Mr. Kejriwal over the past four years had fought with everyone in Delhi right from the police to the Prime Minister and soured relations so badly that they could get no work done.

दिल्ली के विकास में पूर्ण राज्य बाधक नहीं है। दिल्ली का विकास वैसे भी होता आया है, लेकिन इसके लिए जरूरी है कि दिल्ली सरकार राजनीति से ऊपर उठकर जनता के लिए सोचे। ये कहना है केंद्रीय मंत्री विजय गोयल का। रविवार को दिल्ली भाजपा प्रदेश कार्यालय में प्रेस कान्फ्रेंस में उन्होंने कहा कि आम आदमी पार्टी और दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल अपनी विफलताओं को छिपाने के लिए पूर्ण राज्य का राग अलाप रहे हैं।

गालियां देना, झूठे आरोप लगाना और फिर सजा से बचने के लिए माफी मांग लेना यह एक गंभीर मुख्यमंत्री की निशानी नहीं है। केजरीवाल सरकार के पास स्कूल बनाने के लिए 82 प्लॉट हैं, लेकिन एक भी नया स्कूल नहीं बनाया। 1100 करोड़ रुपये ग्रीन सेस के नाम पर दिल्ली के लोगों से वसूले, लेकिन जानलेवा प्रदूषण से निपटने के लिए एक भी इलैक्ट्रिक बस नहीं खरीदी।

दिल्ली की जनता पूर्ण राज्य के दर्जे के भ्रम में नहीं आने वाली है। 2015 में चुनाव जीतने के बाद जब दिल्ली को लंदन-पेरिस बनाने की बात कर रहे थे तब उन्हें मालूम नहीं था कि दिल्ली को पूर्ण राज्य का दर्जा भी नहीं है? लोकपाल के विषय पर 49 दिन की सरकार से इस्तीफा दे दिया। जब उन्हें पता था कि पूर्ण का दर्जा न होने के कारण वे काम नहीं कर सकते, तो इस्तीफा दे देते कोई दूसरी सरकार केन्द्र के सहयोग से अच्छा काम करती।

Union Minister Vijay Goel here on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over full statehood demand, saying he was raising the issue to hide his failures.

"For the development of Delhi, full statehood has never been a hindrance. The issue of full statehood is being raised by Kejriwal before elections just to hide his failures," Goel said addressing the media at BJP's Delhi unit office.

Hitting out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor, Goel said earlier Kejriwal was never in support of full statehood. "Now, he wants full statehood. Earlier, he tried all means to dent the cause," he said.

Accusing Kejriwal of being blinded by power, he said instead of taking everyone into confidence, the AAP leader abused all the opponents. Goel appealed people to vote for the BJP to free the city from Kejriwal's clutches.

Polling for all the seven seats in the national capital is scheduled in the sixth phase on May 12.

The BJP, which won all seven seats in 2014, is faced with triangular contests in the city after the Congress-AAP alliance talks failed

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, the BJP has gone all out to woo the city traders – the party's traditional vote bank – by reaching out to them through various initiatives, Union minister Vijay Goel said Monday.

Encouraged by the "huge success" of Rashtriya Vyapari Dhanyawad Mahasammelan at Talkatora stadium held last Friday, the party believes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pro-trader announcements will offset the "negative publicity" generated by moves like sealing, demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Goel, who belongs to the traders community and has been busy in recent months in reaching out the city traders, was instrumental in holding the traders Mahasammelan addressed by the Prime Minister.

"Thousands of traders from the city as well as other parts of the country attended the Mahasammelan. Its success shows that traders in the country are still strongly backing the BJP," Goel told PTI.

The BJP Sankalp Patra promising a National Traders' Welfare Board, pension for all small shop-owners above the age of 60, accidental insurance for all GST-registered traders, merchant credit card, and collateral-free business loans of up to Rs 50 lakh to small and medium enterprises, show that the party cares for the traders in the country, he said.

In recent times, the Congress and ruling AAP in Delhi have tried to "misguide" traders through a "misinformation" campaign against demonetisation, GST and sealing drive in Delhi, Goel alleged.

"I have been meeting the traders for last few months and clarifying them about how the Modi government is working tirelessly for their welfare and growth. The National Traders Welfare Board proposed by our Sankalp Patra is an example of it," he said.

Goel, a two time Lok Sabha MP from the traders hub Chndni Chowk has been dealing on behalf of his party with the anger of traders hit by sealing drive undertaken by Supreme Court mandated monitoring committee through BJP ruled municipal corporations.

"The issue of sealing is under active consideration and it will be resolved through consultations with stakeholders after model code of conduct ends," Goel said.

Once the elections are over, I will raise the issue of sealing with the Centre, Delhi government, courts and the municipal corporations to provide respite to the traders in the city, Goel said.