The Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel today led a three Km long protest march in the walled city to protest the mishandling of power sector by AAP-Congress alliance government in Delhi leading to hike in power tariffs and threat of long power cuts looming large over the city.

The BJP has been protesting on the streets of Capital for the last two days against the power crisis and hike in power tariff.

Shri Goel hit out at the attempts of AAP leaders to divert attention of people from the power crisis and its non performance by making wild allegations against BJP. It is his own party's contradictions that has created a crisis for AAP."

"Why did the AAP MLA keep quiet from Dec. 7 upto now if an alleged offer was made to him. Where was his conscience? The fact is that AAP is forging lies as it is not able to deliver on its promises."

Shri Goel said, "During AAP-Cong alliance rule so far not even a single promise has been fulfilled. There is complete chaos and anarchy. People are fed up of political acrobatics of Kejriwal and his colleagues. This govt. is falling under the burden of its non performance. No one else needs to do anything. Anyone who raised questions within AAP is forced to leave. It is clear that AAP-Cong alliance has betrayed people of Delhi and are unfit to rule. If this government cannot deliver it should quit instead of blaming others."

To express solidarity with people of northeast and to press for immediate action against guilty who killed an Arunachal Pradesh student in the Capital, the Delhi BJP today held a dharna at the Rajghat.
Addressing the BJP workers, Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel said, "I have already spoken to the police commissioner and I am going to meet him on Monday to demand for immediate action on this case."

"There is an urgent need to set up helplines at district level as students from north eastern state often get harassed. The authorities need to be sensitised to react quickly to complaints and to take preventive steps to check harassment to people from north eastern states and especially students."

Shri Goel said, "A survey by North-East help Centre in Delhi shows that around 60 per cent of women from north east feel harassed.  There have been cases of harassment of students. This situation needs to be reversed immediately."

The BJP has always stood by people from north eastern states in Delhi and will continue to do so. We condemn this barbaric act and will relentlessly pursue for justice to be done in this case, said Shri Goel.

Expressing shock and grief over the killing of the young student from Arunachal Pradesh, leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, "There is an urgent need to take steps to ensure that such incidents do not happen again. The guilty of committing this crime should be brought to the book."

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party today launched its “Bijli Andolan” to protest the rise of power tariff in Delhi as well unscheduled power cuts. A large number of BJP wokers including legislators, councillors and the party office bearers gathered at  Bhajanpura  to lauhch this agitation which was led by Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel. 
The party is demanding immediate roll back of the hike in recent power tariff and uninterrupted power supply across the city.
 
Addressing the protesters, Shri Goel said, the people of Delhi want answers of five questions from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-
1.       His party had promised a reduction of 50% in power tariff for all consumers, but instead of reduction, Delhi’ites got the new year ‘gift’ of 8% rise in power tariff from this government. Why did the tariff increase istead of being slashed?
2.       Delhi government has also equity of upto 49% in DISCOMS. How can it be unaware about the proposed hike in tariff as it the government is a major shareholder and no major step can be taken without a major shareholder’s consent or knowledge?
3.       What alternative arrangements Kejriwal has made for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to Delhi in case DISCOMS do not agree to do so?
4.       Why Kejriwal has not yet announced the time frame within which the CAG audit of the DISCOMS will complete ?   Why is he not coming out with a clear timeframe on this?
5.       Why Kejriwal did not try to break the monopoly of these companies by atleast allowing both of them to operate in whole of Delhi. This would have allowed consumers to have some choice and the companies would have been compelled to bring down power tariff?
Shri Goel said as the BSES Yamuna has threatened for 10 hour long power cuts in Trans-Yamuna area, so the party decided to launch its “Bijli Andolan” from this area itself. “We will take out protest marches, hold dharna and demonstrations in every part of the city as consumers are being befooled by Congress backed AAP government.
 
“I heard Arvind Kejriwal on TV threatening to cancel the license of DISCOMS. It looks good on TV to give such bytes but the point is what is the alternative arrangements his government is making? If Govt. cancels the license of DISCOMS who will take over supply immediately? Can this govt. cancel the license of the DISCOMS?  Why he could not check the 8% power tariff hike well in time? Why the reduction in power tariff announced by him is not reflecting in power bills?,” said Shri Goel.
 
The  answer to all these and many more questions lie in the fact that Kejriwal and his government are being remote controlled by Congress with whose support he is running his government. And all of us know that Congress and private DISCOMS had an unholy nexus and they have looted Delhi for 15 years. Now Kejriwal is dancing to the tune of Congress.
 
His threats to DISCOMS are not real but ‘fake’. He and his colleagues are only interested in playing to the gallery. He has not taken right kinds of steps to bring the power tariff down while ensuring uninterrupted power supply.   However, the BJP will expose this new unholy nexus of “AAP-Cong-Discoms” and not allow Delhi’ites to be taken for a ride.
 
Those who participated in the agitation today included legislators from the area SS Chauhan, Naresh Gaur, MS Bisht, Jitendra Mahajan. Several councillors also participated including Sanjay Surjan, Anita Tayal, Deepti Joshi, Mehek Singh. The district presidents Shri Anil Gupta and Shri Ajay Mahawar also participated in the protest.    Several state level office bearers of the party including Delhi BJP general secretary Shri Jaiprakash were also present.

The Delhi BJP President Shri Vijay Goel today announced that the party will launch a massive agitation  against the ‘power cuts’ announced  by BSES in Trans-Yamuna area and the AAP government’s failure to come up with a back-up plan. 
“The party will hold a demonstration at Bhajanpura on Saturday, February 1. This will mark the beginning of our ‘Bijl Andloan’. We waited for one month for this government to act but the situation has worsened. There are unscheduled power cuts for long hours already happening in several parts of the city and now there is a possibility of 10-hour long power cuts in Trans-Yamuna area,” said Shri Goel.
 
The Bijli Andolan will expose the false promises made by the AAP and its mishandling of the power sector so far. The much hyped power bills reduction is not reflected in the power bills. The announcement has remained in paper and people continue to get inflated bills. On top of that there are power cuts and now there is a distinct possibility of 10-hour long power cuts in the city.
 
Shri Goel said, “No power sector company can be allowed to hold Delhi’ites at ransom. The worst part is that the half-baked attempts of AAP government has messed up the power sector scenario in the capital. Where is the back-up plan to ensure that there are no power cuts? The Chief Minister should have been well aware that such situation could happen. He didn’t make any preparations for that. So now the Delhi’ites are left at the mercy of power companies.”
 
The BJP had come out with a well chalked out plan of reducing the power tariff for all consumers. But what AAP government did was to make some announcements that were not to be fulfilled. Further, it failed to reign in the power companies. He did not initiate any action against these power companies for the power cuts during the last month. Why has the government not done anything to rectify the electricity metres which are running so fast?
 
Shri Goel said that the latest crisis is another example of the anarchy prevailing within the Delhi government. The Chief Minister and ministers are busy in haggling cops and creating trouble for the people by holding dharnas. Had they focused on governing the city, this crisis would have been averted well in time. But probably this government’s strategy is to create crisis where there is no crisis. “There is criminal neglect of administration on every front and this cannot be accepted any more,” said Shri Goel.
 

The Delhi BJP President Sh. Vijay Goel today got elected for Rajya Sabha from the state of Rajasthan. Sh. Goel was congratulated by the Rajasthan Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhra Raje. The BJP had recently nominated him as a candidate for the RS polls from Rajasthan. 
A three time Lok Sabha MP, Sh. Vijay Goel  was Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office during NDA regime. Talking to media at Jaipur after getting elected for the Rajya Sabha, Sh. Goel said “Around 60% of the state of Rajasthan is desert area so it needs to be granted special status to expedite the development process. I would pursue this cause and all other issues related to the development of the state at the Centre,” said Sh. Goel.
 
Sh. Goel said, “My immediate aim is to ensure that we win all seven seats of Lok Sabha in Delhi to contribute in Mission 272 plus of making BJP victorious in the coming Lok Sabha polls. We are confident of making a clean sweep in Delhi. The Delhi BJP is fully geared up. We emerged as the most favoured party of voters of Delhi in recentlt held assembly polls. Now with a series of programmes which  involve engaging voters at the grassroots level by our workers over the next two months, we are further expanding our base in Delhi rapidly.”
 
Sh. Goel said, “I would like to express my gratitude to the party leadership for chosing me to be a member of the upper house. I would do my best to take forward the message of the BJP at all levels.”
 
“There is a wave in favour of the BJP and party’s PM candidate Sh. Narendra Modi. The Congress has already accepted its defeat. We are going to record a historic victory in these polls as the BJP has emerged as the only viable and credible alternative for the people of the country who are fed up with the misrule of Congress,” said Sh. Goel

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party today launched  its “Ek note-Kamal par vote” campaign in Delhi   with a target to touch every household in the city under the Mission 272 plus. The campaign was kicked off by BJP national president Sh. Rajnath Singh in the presence of thousands of BJP workers at Constitution Club. 
Under this month long campaign, tThe Delhi BJP  will collect the donations from every home for the election campaign for Lok Sabha through 12000 boxes each of which will be taken in a different area of the Capital. The party workers will also ask the voters to cast a symbolic vote while collecting the money.
 
Addressing the party workers, BJP National President Sh. Rajnath Singh said that the writing on the wall is clear that the whole country is looking for a change for the betterment and BJP led NDA has emerged as the only viable alternative.
 
Sh. Singh said this campaign would help to strengthen the bond between people and the party. The workers must try and reach every home.   The people of this country are tired of the  rampant corruption and inflation and  opportunistic policies of Congress led UPA. They are looking for a change and BJP is capable of that.
 
Addressing the party workers Sh. Singh said, “The Delhi BJP President  Sh. Vijay Goel said that the party has chalked out a plan for the Lok Sabha campaign and is fully geared up. “We will win all seven Lok Sabha seats with a handsome margin. That will be our humble contribution in the mission to  bring a BJP led NDA government at the centre which will be able led by the “Vikas-purush” Sh. Narendra Modi. His growing popularity cuts across castes, religions, communities and geographical boundaries,” said Sh. Goel.
 
Sh. Goel urged the party workers to expose AAP’s U-turn and alliance with corrupt Congress during this campaign. “There is anarchy in Delhi and people of Delhi are feeling betrayed by the way administration is handled. The AAP government has failed to meet the promises it made. Announcements are galore but the impact on gorund is zero. Ask any Delhi’ite and he or she would tell you how pathetic this government is,” said Sh. Goel.
 
The leader of opposition in Delhi Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “It is time to throw out the corrupt government and usher into a new era of development. This campaign will play a crucial part in creating more awareness about BJP’s policies and agenda.”

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Shri Vijay Goel who filed nomination for Rajya Sabha in Jaipur today said that he would take up the cause of providing special status to Rajasthan in the parliament that would help a great deal in speedy development of the state. 
Shri Goel was accompanied by Rajasthan Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhra Raje, senior BJP leaders Smt. Kiran Maheshwari and Shri Srichand Kriplani while filing the nomination for the upper house of the parliament.
 
Earlier during the day Shri Goel attended the Rajasthan BJP legislature meet chaired by the Rajasthan Chief Minister. Addressing the legislators Shri Goel said that he would work hard to the best of his abilities to present case of Rajasthan and raise issues related to the state in the parliament.
 
“We will work together to achieve the 2025 vision of the chief minister to make Rajasthan a leading state on the development map of India. There are challenges in the power, water and several other sectors that can be met more effectively if Rajasthan gets a special status. Once the BJP led NDA comes to power at the Centre, I am sure that would help us to get the special status for the state.  Desertification is a major challenge in the state. To check this we need huge resources which would come by way of special status,” he added.
 
Expressing his gratitude to the party leadership and the Rajasthan BJP leaders and legislators for choosing him to be made member of Rajya Sabha from the state Shri Goel said, “I am sure with collective hardwork and under the dynamic leadership of Smt. Vasundhra Raje, the BJP will win all 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state.”
  
“As Delhi BJP President, I am confident that we will make a clean sweep of all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi also,” said Shri Goel.
 
Talking to the media after filing his nomination Sh. Goel said, “In Rajasthan, under the leadership of Smt vasundhra Raje and with hardwork of lakhs of BJP cadres, the party scored a historic victory by getting two-third majority. In days to come, I am confident that the dreams for the state will be realised by the sincere efforts and dedication of the BJP government in the state.”
 
Shri Goel said, “The BJP workers are now fully geared up to repeat the results of Rajasthan results at the national level and to ensure that Shri Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister of the country. This would ensure that India is ushered into a new era of growth and development.”

A high level meeting of  Delhi BJP leaders has been convened on  January 29 at Delhi BJP office to finalise the programme for launching of “Ek Note, Bhajpa ko Vote” campaign  for Lok Sabha 2014. 
In a statement issued today, the Delhi BJP President Sh. Vijay  Goel said, “The BJP will be launching this door-to-door campaign as a part of the national campaign of the party conceived as “ek note, ek vote.”  The party workers will try and visit every household in the capital with an appeal to vote and support the BJP in coming Lok Sabha polls.”
 
“We are focussing on all sections of the society. The party is getting an overwhelming support  especially from the women, the youth and the poor. The BJP will launch a series of programmes which will be deliberated upon over the next few days in view of the coming Lok Sabha polls,” he added.
 
“It is clear after the AAP has failed to deliver in the last one month in Delhi that  people would be looking up to the BJP to provide good governance. We would reach out to every household to reinforce their confidence  in us,” said Sh. Goel.
 
Slamming the AAP government for doing nothing during its one month rule Sh. Goel said, “Even the Delhi High Court has today expressed its unhappiness over the way AAP has handled the issue of providing shelters to the homeless during winters in Delhi.
 
According to various estimates around 174 homeless people have died in Delhi during these winters. The CM and his colleagues were busy in holding dharna and criticising media while people have been dying on roads in Delhi. The Delhi government has failed to fulfil its responsibility.”
 
Sh. Goel said that he would undertake a padyatra this week to expose the AAP’s inaction. There is no governance in Delhi. Doctors are being dragged out of operation theatres by AAP workers while in the middle of conducting surgeries, women are being misbehaved with, AAP ministers are using abusive language, AAP workers are being deployed at government schools which is illegal, officials are demonstrating inside the secretariat against this government while guest teachers are and many other groups are demonstrating outside. Anyone who is criticising AAP  is being manhandled, abused, threatened .
 
“This display of arrogance, authoritarianism and complete lack of sincerity towards key governance related issued has come as a shocker to all Delhi’ites. Large numbers of announcements have been made but there has been no respite for the common people.
 
“The BJP will not relent and continue to expose the inaction of AAP-Congress alliance. The party demands immediate removal of law minister and implementation of promises made by AAP,” said Sh. Goel.
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The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president today urged the young party cadres to work hard for BJP's victory in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.  
Addressing the meeting of volunteers and party cadres from Samvad and IT cell today Sh. Goel said, "The social media plays a key role in influencing opinion of voters. The BJP volunteers and cares should continue to highlight our nationalistic ideas and success stories of BJP ruled estates.
 
Sh. Goel who has been nominated as party's candidate for Rajya Sabha polls said, "I am grateful to the party for posing faith me. We all need to give our best to the party and take whatever responsibility is given with full commitment and humbleness."
 
"The growing base of youth is BJP's strength.But we further need to reach out to people and expose the anti-people policies of Congress and AAP, social media in effective tool for this purpose."
 
Sh. Goel urged the party activists to be cautious about the level of discourse on social media platforms.
 
"Our rivals believe in negativity, they often use abusive language. But we need to follow our own standards.BJP belives in positive agenda of good governance and development for All.That is the message which we have to take to the masses.
 
The volunteers also asked several questions about BJP's vision for Delhi. Sh. Goel said that, "Delhi is facing anarchy due to AAP's opportunistic alliance with Congress. A group of power hungry politicians have taken rule of law for granted. The law minister is the biggest 'law breaker' .Yet AAP top leadership is defending him.The BJP will continue with its campaign for removal of the law minister. The Social Media is a crucial part of our movement against AAP," said Sh. Goel.
 
Delhi BJP President greets  Delhi'ites on eve of Republic Day
 
Delhi BJP President Sh. Vijay Goel today greeted  Delhi'ites on the eve of 65th Republic Day. Sh. Goel said, "People of Delhi have played a major role in strengthening our democracy and I am sure they will continue to do so even with greater vigour.  One of the ways to do this to exercise the right to vote and I urge all Delhi voters to exercise their right in the coming Lok Sabha polls, I also salute the armed forces and the brave security personnel of our country on this occasion who make innumerable sacrifices so that we can continue to enjoy the fruits of living in a democratic republic."  

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party  today launched next phase of its agitation to demand removal and arrest of Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharati for his ‘illegal activities’ and in view of a number of cases registered against him.  A BJP delegation led by Delhi BJP President Sh. Vijay Goel also met Liuetenant Governor today and handed over a memorandum demanding immediate action against Bharati. The delegation also handed over the evidence of Congress’ former CM Sheila Dikshit’s role in CWG scam. 
Delhi BJP President Sh. Vijay Goel said, “There have been cases filed against Somnath Bharati for violating dignity of women, revealing name of Danish woman who was a gangrape victim. He has been indicted by a court in the past for professional misconduct. The BBJP asked the LG why no action is being taken against him and why he has not been arrested so far?”
 
“The BJP is not satisfied with the attitude of the LG as he is treating Bharati as a “Khaas Aadmi.” Had any other citizen committed such terrible crimes, he would have been behind bars immediately. Then why is such special treatment meted out to him.”
 
The BJP’s 14 district units held  dharna today across the city to expose the ‘anti-women’ character of  AAP government and the prevailing state of anarchy . The party will continue with its agitation titled “Congress-AAP alliance, Raaj nahin arajakta, somnath bharati  should be arrested.”  Unless Bharati is sacked and arrested.
 
The BJP delegation also called off the bluff of Arvind Kejriwal who is defending and protecting corrupt leaders from the Congress. “Kejriwal had aksed he has no proof to act against former CM Sheila Dikshit and her ministers for their corrupt practices and loot of public money during Commonwealth games. A BJP committee headed by Ms Pinky Anand  has collated the evidence and we have handed  it over to the LG, said Sh. Goel.
 
The BJP delegation urged the LG to immediately order Delhi CM to initiate against Dikshit and former Congress ministers on the basis of this evidence. “It is the same Arvind  Kejriwal who was  claiming to have a 370 page chargesheet against Sheila Dikshit and now in lieu of the support from Congress to form his government , he has taken an about turn,” said Sh. Goel.
 
The BJP strongly feels that the way Somnath Bharati has been protected and the corrupt Congress leaders are being defended is a clear case of the “anarchy” in the city. The AAP government is leading the state to the situation of a constitutional breakdown where corrupt are protected and hapless  people are being at the receiving end of the arrogance, misbehaviour and  irresponsible behaviour of AAP leaders.
 
“The law must be applied to all equally.  But that is not happening. The rule of law has to be restored in the city. That would be done only when a ‘law-breaker’ law minister is sacked and arrested. Similarly, the ‘big fish’ who have made pocketed crores of rupees of public money should also be brought to the book,” said Sh. Goel.
 
“The way AAP has given clean chit to Bharati is a clear indication that it is a party of “khaas aadmi” which  is ready to bend rules of law to serve the ‘power elite’,” said Sh. Goel.
 
The delegation that met the LG comprised  among others of former Delhi BJP Presidents Sh. Mangeram  Garg and Sh. Vijender Gupta,  senior party leader Prof. Jagdish Mukhi BJP national secretaries Sh. Shyam Jaju and Ms Arti Mehra, legislators Ramesh Bidhuri, Pawan Sharma, MS Bisht,  Delhi BJP general  secretaries Shikha Rai and  Jaiprakash and Vijay Jolly.