Prof Anand Kumar, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for North East Delhi Parliamentary Constituency said that despite being in Delhi, North East Delhi resembles as backyards of a backward region and is draped in inadequate development and insufficient democracy. It is time we exposed the bluff of the Congress and Bhartiya Janata Party, which have represented this constituency and done absolutely nothing to bring development in the Constituency.
He further said, “Overall development of the area, providing basic amenities including access to water, good roads, electricity, sewers and hospitals to its people and high quality education will be high on my priority. I will show what development means, on ground.”
Among others, Prof Kumar said he would work towards setting up an East Campus on the likes of North and South campuses, establishing Central School and Novodaya Vidyalayas as well as work on regularization of the unauthorized colonies.
“People are suffocated with the hypocrisy of the Congress and Bhartiya Janata Party, which in past 20 years, have blatantly ignored all their basic needs. People are adamant at exposing the bluff that these parties have played. Our manifesto is an expression of people’s aspirations,” said Prof Kumar at the release event.
Prof Kumar said the Trans Yamuna area of North East Delhi is devoid of even a single women’s college. As compared to rest of Delhi, even the primary school education facilities in the area arenegligible. “As a teacher, I understand the need of education better, so working in this direction will be one of my top priorities,” added Prof Kumar, who is a Professor of Socilogy at Jawaharlal Nehru University and also President of Indian Sociological Society.
Large population in this area is of labour class, who are devoid of the benefits from various insurance, employment guarantee, pension, and labour welfare schemes. One of the key problems of this area is women’s safety. Domestic violence, atrocities against women, cases of rape, and dowry related harassments are rampant and it’s a tragegy successive governments have been unable to address these problems.
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