On Wednesday, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced that provisions like free electricity and health treatment available to Ministers will be provided to the common people of the country.
Kejriwal said there was no crisis of funds to provide these facilities & hit out at the opposition for calling the scheme a ‘freebie’.
At Advocates Conference organised by AAP legal cell in Civil Lines,
the CM highlighted that under the government’s life insurance scheme for
lawyers, Rs 12.25 crore rupees have been given to the families of
122 lawyers who lost their lives to Covid. He added that 1,220 lawyers
had taken advantage of the medical insurance during the pandemic, for
which the government released Rs 7.25 crore.
Delhi government approved the scheme in December 2019 & the CM
stressed that the scheme will continue as long as Aam Aadmi Party was
running the Govt.
Mr Kejriwal said that “I hope in the near future, more & more states will introduce a similar welfare scheme for lawyers as well".
The CM said a lawyer needs to face a long struggle before they become well-off. “Thousands of common & struggling lawyers helping the common man can benefit from these schemes,” Kejriwal said.
“The funds for the scheme is coming from the same funds that ministers & officers used to loot earlier. We stopped that loot.”
Kejriwal said that the AAP Govt would do everything possible for the Advocate Protection Act demanded by lawyers. “It comes under the jurisdiction of the central government, but I will try my best,” he said.
Law minister Kailash Gahlot said that various Govts had made promises to lawyers, but none implemented them. “Till date, anyone that has the support of the lawyer community has not been defeated. Whether it is the fight for freedom or to save the constitution, no one can defeat the lawyers,” said Gahlot.
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