'Education, healthcare not freebies': AAP-BJP 'rewadi' war reaches Supreme Court

The AAP has approached the Supreme Court over the BJP's allegation that it was giving out freebies for votes.

Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal (left) and PM Narendra Modi. (Photos: PTI)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Aam Aadmi Party has approached the SC against BJP's 'freebies for votes' allegations.
• AAP said education, health, etc cannot be considered "rewadi".
• PM Earlier, PM Modi had warned people to stay away from "rewadi culture".

The Aam Aadmi Party has approached the Supreme Court saying that expenditure on public welfare schemes, such as education, health, etc cannot be considered as "rewadi" or freebies, as claimed by the BJP.

Taking a dig at the BJP, it said that "debt waivers and tax relief for a few people" should be considered freebies.

"Some parties make some promises before the election but do something entirely different when the government is formed," it said in a petition.

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Taking a dig swipe at PM Narendra Modi, the party mentioned that before the (2014) elections, the Prime Minister had said that every Indian would get Rs 15 lakh each. "But after the government was formed, he waived Rs 10 lakh crore of only a few people," it said.

On Monday, Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the Modi government over the PM's comments on freebies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that efforts were being made to bring in a culture of collecting votes by distributing 'free rewadi' in the country. PM Modi warned people against this "rewadi" culture.

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Reacting to this, Kejriwal said providing free, quality education and medical care was not giving out freebies.

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First ship carrying Ukraine grain reaches Turkish coast

The first ship arrives at the Turkish coast days after the Türkiye-brokered deal to resume grain exports from Ukraine to the world.

The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni is due to be inspected on Wednesday by a joint coordination centre established in Istanbul last week. (AFP)

The first official shipment of Ukrainian grain since Russian attack has reached Turkish territorial waters near the entrance to the Bosphorus Strait.

The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni is due to be inspected on Wednesday by a joint coordination centre established in Istanbul last week.

After the inspection by Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials the ship will deliver its cargo of 26,000 tonnes of maize to Tripoli, Lebanon.

"The inspection of the ship by the joint inspection team will begin (Wednesday) morning," the Turkish defence ministry said.

Türkiye, the UN, Russia and Ukraine signed a deal on July 22 to reopen three Ukrainian ports — Odessa, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhny — for grain that has been stuck for months because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which is now in its sixth month.

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To oversee Ukrainian grain exports, a joint coordination centre in Istanbul was officially opened last week, comprising representatives of Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and Ukraine.

The centre will enable the safe transportation, by merchant ships, of commercial foodstuffs and fertilisers from the three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea.

The blockage of deliveries from two of the world's biggest grain exporters has contributed to a spike in prices that has made food imports prohibitively expensive for some of the world's poorest countries.

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UN estimates say nearly 50 million people began to face "acute hunger" around the world as a direct consequence of the conflict.

Wheat prices fell sharply hours after the Ankara-brokered deal was signed.

Source: AFP

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