AAP targets PM Modi over Ayushman Bharat, calls for nationwide adoption of Delhi model
The Hindu
AAP criticizes PM Modi for not implementing Ayushman Bharat, calling it a scam and urging him to adopt Delhi's health model.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday (October 30, 2024) kept up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that the Delhi and West Bengal governments have not implemented the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme out of "political interests".
A day back, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal accused the Prime Minister of doing politics over the issue of public health in the national capital.
At a press conference on Wednesday (October 30, 2024), party spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar termed the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme a "scam" and said the PM should study the Delhi health model.
"Health is an important issue for the Aam Aadmi Party. We have presented such a model of health that Kofi Annan (former United Nations Secretary-General) appreciated us, and PM Modi has presented a scam under Ayushman Bharat... the CAG has to speak about this fraud," Ms. Kakkar said.
“Prime Minister Modi should examine Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi health model and apply it to the whole country,” she added.
The spokesperson claimed that out of 27,000 hospitals incorporated in Ayushman Bharat, 7,000 only exist on paper and 4,000 hospitals have not admitted any patients under the scheme.
Addressing a public gathering in New Delhi’s All India Institute of Ayurveda on Tuesday (October 29, 2024), Mr. Modi said, “I apologise to all the elderly aged above 70 years in Delhi and West Bengal. I hear your pain, but due to the state governments’ decisions, I cannot help you.” Mr. Modi said he was disappointed with the state of free healthcare for the elderly in West Bengal and Delhi, and called it a missed opportunity to serve the senior citizens.
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