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Politics on E-rikshaws: Gadkari tries to “highjack” issue from AAP by legalizing “E-rikshaws”

June 17, 2014 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

2 lakh E-rikshaw operators will support us : AAP

New Delhi (June 17, 2014): E-rikshaws run on electric battery are centre of politics in national capital for a couple of days. As Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal tried to encash vote bank of E-rikshaws by meeting Lieutenant Governor Najib Jung on Monday to get relaxation for e-rikshaws to save them from ongoing challans in New Delhi, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari adressing a rally of e-rickshaw owners and drivers at Ramlila Maidan in Dlehi today announced that e-rickshaws with motor power till 650W would now be considered as non-motorised vehicles.

The Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had rendered e-rickshaws illegal via a notification issued on April 24. The Transport department had started impounding e-rickshaws across the city.

Gadkari also said that Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has to regulise e-rickshaws by registering them with a fee of just Rs. 100 and form a policy for their smooth operations.

Following Gadkari’s bid to highjack the issue of AAP, Aam Aadmi Party reportedly posted on its website News Tag that over 2 lakh e-rikshaw operators would continue their support to AAP.

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