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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today asked for the stand of BJP and Congress on various issues before they take any decision on forming a government in Delhi. These are the highlights of the 18 demands that the party has put forward in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and BJP President Rajnath Singh --
1) To stop the VIP culture in Delhi
2) To pass the Delhi Janlokpal Bill
3) To give independence of taking decisions in colonies to Mohalla Sabhas
4) To give full statehood status to Delhi
5) Auditing of Electricity companies
6) To check on the fast running electricity meters
7) Supply of 700 litres of free and clean water daily
8) Regularisation of unauthorised colonies
9) Rehabilitation of people living in slums
10) To give regular jobs to people working as contract labours
11) Give infrastructure facilities like roads, electricity, water, etc to ordinary traders
12) Opposition to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail
13) To look into the needs of the villagers
14) To improve the standard of the government schools and access to high
quality of education
15) To open new government hospitals and improve government health care facilities
16) Set up special security units for women
17) To set up courts and appoint judges to deal with cases within six months
18) To extend hands to central government for meeting all the above demands put forward
