Delhi Election 2020: AAP’s Satyendra Jain who is contesting from Shakur Basti has 450 ‘mohalla clinics’ to his credit as he prepares for a second term

• Health Minister Satyendra Jain will contest from Shakur Basti in North Delhi, once again.
  
• Jain, who has multiple portfolios to his name — including health, industries, home, public works, power, urban development and transport — was elected from the Shakur Basti constituency in 2015.
  
• Jain is prioritising healthcare as one of the key selling points. The government inaugurated 152 new ‘mohalla clinics’ — flaunting a potential ‘world record.’
  
• Jain has also been working to facilitate forensic labs to crack down on suspects and criminals in the national capital.

Health Minister of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Satyendra Jain will contest from Shakur Basti in North Delhi, once again.

On January 14, the ruling party released its key candidates. Jain, who has multiple portfolios to his name — including health, industries, home, public works, power, urban development and transport — was elected from the Shakur Basti constituency in 2015.

As the Arvind Kejriwal-led government prepares for a re-election, Jain is prioritising healthcare as his key selling point. The government had inaugurated 152 new ‘mohalla clinics’ — and called it a ‘world record.’ This accounts to a total of 450 free primary healthcare centres in Delhi — against its target of 1,000.

"Spectacular development initiatives have been possible because the people of Delhi elected a responsible and accountable government in 2015. The development bandwagon should not be stopped, but must be accelerated," Kejriwal said in a bid to woo voters.

The party claims to have served two crore outpatients and conducted 18 lakh tests until November 2019.

Jain has also been working to facilitate forensic labs to crack down on suspects and criminals in the national capital. He opened the Delhi Forensic Science Laboratory and brain and fingerprint facilities, adding that this will create fear among the criminals.

Jain is an architect by profession who quit his job and started his own consultancy firm. But he became a social activist later. He was an active member of the Jan Lokpal Movement against corruption.

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