Amidst CAA protests, Kejriwal rolls out free WiFi scheme in Delhi
On the day when internet services were shut down by authorities in some parts of Delhi due to protests against the amended Citizenship Act, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a free WiFi scheme on Thursday in the city.
Terming it as paradoxical as the roll out of the free WiFi services happened on a day when internet services were shut, Kejriwal said the people in the country were "scared" as 70 per cent of them have no documents to prove their citizenship.
“There was no need of the amended citizenship law and the government needs to focus on providing jobs to the youth,” he said.
He expressed his concern that the law and order situation, not only in Delhi, but the entire country was "deteriorating" day by day.
"There is a fear among all the citizens, not just Muslims that they will have to prove their citizenship and show documents. Seventy per cent people, especially poor, have no document to show and they fear that they will be evicted from the country, he said.
He said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is not going to achieve anything.
Telecom operators on Thursday suspended internet, voice and messaging services in parts of Delhi-NCR following instructions from the police in the wake of protests against anti-Citizenship Amendment Act.
Kejriwal in his speech said that his Aam Aadmi Party government has fulfilled all the promises that it made with the people of Delhi in the 2015 Assembly elections. "Delhi will become the first city in the world to have free WiFi services," he said.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also launched the scheme at Kashmiri Gate Metro station.
The free WiFi service will be provided through over 11,000 hotspots at bus stands and other places, including markets and residential colonies.
Over 100 hotspots were inaugurated on Thursday and all the hotspots will be operational in the next six months, the Chief Minister said.
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