AAP's Atishi Urges CM Rekha Gupta to Enforce ₹2,500 Monthly Scheme For Women

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Saturday wrote a letter to the newly sworn-in Chief Minister of the national capital Rekha Gupta demanding the implementation of the ₹2,500 monthly aid promised to women by the BJP government during the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.

Atishi also questioned Gupta asking whether she was already 'refusing' to obey Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP Chief JP Nadda.

In her letter, Atishi sought answers from Gupta on why the promised scheme was not approved in the cabinet meeting held by the new government, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance.

Requesting a meeting of the AAP delegation with the CM, Atishi in a post on X wrote, “ Modi ji said: In the first cabinet meeting, a scheme of ₹ 2500 per month for women will be passed Nadda ji said: In the first cabinet meeting, a scheme of ₹ 2500 per month for women will be passed After the first cabinet, when a reporter asked why the scheme was not passed, @gupta_rekha ji said – who is he to tell us? Rekha Gupta ji refused to listen to Modi ji and Nadda ji from the very first day?”

Atishi in the letter mentioned, “The women of Delhi trusted Modi Ji's guarantee. The AAP legislative delegation wishes to meet you on February 23 to discuss this issue. On behalf of lakhs of women in Delhi, I humbly request you to spare some time from your busy schedule so that we can present our case for concrete action on this scheme.”

She further stated, “If Modi ji's guarantee was real, the women's financial assistance scheme would have been passed in the first cabinet meeting. But on her very first day as Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta exposed Modi ji's false claims and proved that his guarantee is no less than 'Jumla.”

“Modi ji repeatedly assured from every platform that women would receive Rs2,500, and even BJP President JP Nadda said in a press conference that the scheme would be approved in the first cabinet meeting. However, this has not happened.”

Atishi questioned the March 8 deadline for the scheme's implementation by asking, “Modi ji also promised that the Rs2,500 amount would be transferred to women's bank accounts by March 8. I want to ask Rekha Gupta--will she once again prove Modi ji's guarantee to be false on March 8?”

Senior BJP leader Rekha Gupta was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi making her the fourth woman CM of the national capital.