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Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi model beats BJP's Gujarat model on every parameter

A 17-member delegation from Gujarat would have found that the Delhi aces it on key welfare parameters

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In 2015, Kejriwal also announced that every Delhi resident was eligible for free treatment at its 38 state-run hospitals

Sai Manish New Delhi
The “Delhi model” that formed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s and the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) campaign plank in Assembly elections in states such as Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa, rests on providing quality affordable healthcare, education and power supply, often free of cost to the residents of the capital. The AAP has managed to pull this off while reducing its debt unlike many other states where social welfare schemes have caused a deterioration of their finances.

As a 17-member Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation from Gujarat completed a two-day tour of the city-state on June 30 to dissect the “Delhi