Arvind Kejriwal – Delhi Will Stake Claim For Organizing 2048 Olympic Games

Friyana Munshi

New Delhi, March 9, 2021: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while speaking on the budget presented by the Delhi government on Tuesday said that the budget has been in the surplus ever since their government was formed in Delhi. To date, they haven’t incurred a deficit in Delhi’s budget. The CAG has also stated in its report that Delhi is the only state where the government presents the budget in surplus rather than in deficit. This year’s budget for the progress of Delhi is the budget of immense possibilities of progress.

Kejriwal said that the vision provided within this budget is that the Olympic Games of 2048 should be held in Delhi. Delhi will apply for the 2048 Olympic Games. For this, whatever infrastructure and other necessities are required, will be done.

He said “Despite the difficult conditions of Corona, the people of Delhi paid the tax, due to which the government is running well. I thank the people of Delhi for this. Delhi’s budget has increased from 65,000 crores to 69,000 crores.”

Sisodia said in his budget speech in the assembly today “The Delhi government’s dream is to host the Olympic Games in Delhi. We have started preparations for the same so that in the future Delhi can get the opportunity to host the Olympic Games. The Delhi government has set a target of hosting the 39th Olympic Games in 2048 to mark the centennial anniversary of independence. The goal would be to produce an international medal winner in at least 10 sports fields.”

Chief Minister Kejriwal said, “During the global epidemic of Covid-19, the sources of income were reduced and the expenditure increased, the best budget was presented in such a difficult time. I am happy that Delhi’s budget of Rs 69,000 crore is about six percent more than last year. After AAP came to power, Delhi has received an additional budget.” He further said that he will conduct the yoga campaign at a large in Delhi to provide free yoga training. Regarding reducing the price of petrol and diesel, Kejriwal said “The state’s taxes are very low, our resources are limited. The center should take steps in this direction.”

Significantly, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Delhi on Tuesday presented a proposed budget of Rs 69,000 crore based on ‘patriotism’ for the financial year 2021-22. Presenting the budget, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the ‘AAP’ government has decided to celebrate the 75th Independence Day of the country and for this, the government will organize programs for 75 weeks from March 12.

Sisodia said that under the “Patriotic Budget”, the Delhi government has proposed to allocate Rs 45 crore to establish high flag pillars for hoisting the national flag at 500 places in the national capital. Sisodia also said that there will also be a period for “patriotism” in the capital’s schools to make the children of Delhi a staunch patriot. In the budget, Rs 16,377 crore has been allocated for education. He said that the AAP government wants to increase the per capita income of Delhi to the level of Singapore by 2047.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that an amount of Rs 10 crore would be allocated for programs based on Bhagat Singh’s life during the 75-week “patriotic” celebrations. He informed that the total outlay of the budget is 6.1 percent more than the budget presented for the financial year 2020-21.

With this, Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia announced, “I have made a budget provision of Rs 9,934 crore for Delhi’s health sector for 2021-22 which is 14% of the total budget. The Delhi government has decided that the people of Delhi will be given Corona vaccine free of cost in government hospitals.”