Arvind Kejriwal promises to end ‘raid raj’ in Gujarat if voted to power

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
07:
Aam
Aadmi
Party
(AAP)
chief
and
Delhi
chief
minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
on
Friday
vowed
to
end
“raid
raj”
if
voted
to
power
in
the
upcoming
assembly
elections
due
in
December
this
year.

“We
will
bring
an
end
to
Raid
Raj.
There
will
be
no
raids
on
traders.
We
trusted
the
traders
in
Delhi
and
our
revenue
has
gone
up
from
Rs
30,000
crore
to
Rs
70,000
crore
in
the
last
seven
years.
The
only
condition
of
the
traders
is
they
should
not
be
harassed,”
said
Kejriwal.

Kejriwal
also
guaranteed
that
Gujarat’s
tribal
advisory
committee
would
be
headed
by
a
person
from
the
community
instead
of
the
chief
minister,
as
has
been
the
case
in
the
state.

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The
Delhi
chief
minister
was
speaking
to
reporters
in
Vadodara
on
the
second
day
of
his
two-day
visit
to
the
BJP-ruled
Gujarat,
where
the
Assembly
elections
are
due
later
this
year.
He
will
address
a
rally
at
Bodeli
in
the
tribal-dominated
Chhota
Udepur
district
of
Gujarat
later
in
the
day.

The
Fifth
Schedule
of
the
Constitution
deals
with
provisions
related
to
the
administration
and
control
of
scheduled
areas
and
scheduled
tribes.
The
PESA
Act
was
enacted
by
Parliament
in
1996
to
ensure
self-
governance
for
people
living
in
Scheduled
Areas.

The
states
were
required
to
formulate
rules
for
the
effective
implementation
of
the
Act
to
strengthen
gram
sabhas
in
Scheduled
Areas.

Kejriwal
said,
“We
will
implement
provisions
of
the
Fifth
Schedule
of
the
Constitution
word
to
word.
We
will
also
strictly
implement
the
PESA
Act,
which
says
no
government
can
take
action
in
a
tribal
area
without
the
gram
sabha’s
consent.”

“There
is
a
tribal
advisory
committee.
Its
work
is
to
oversee
the
development
of
tribal
regions,
how
to
utilise
funds.
The
law
says
that
the
tribal
advisory
committee
chairman
should
be
a
tribal.
In
Gujarat,
the
chief
minister
heads
the
committee.
This
will
be
stopped,”
he
said.

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