Kejriwal announced free ride for women in buses and metro without making a proposal: Puri

Taking a swipe at the AAP government, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced the proposal of providing free-ride to women in buses and Metro without making any proposal.

Puri also termed Kejriwal a "disruptionist" and said Delhi's problems will be sorted out in six months as he apparently referred to the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.

The Union housing and urban affairs minister also likened the AAP government with theories of 'broken window economics and broken window fraud'.

According to the Investopedia website, the 'broken window fallacy' was first expressed by the French economist, Frederic Bastiat. Bastiat used the parable of a broken window to point out why destruction doesn't benefit the economy.

Earlier this week, Kejriwal announced that his government proposes to make travel for women free in public transport buses and Metro trains.

The move comes a few months ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi.

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