The three municipal corporations in Delhi have termed the Budget as Aam Aadmi Party’s unfulfilled manifesto promises. This Budgetary allocation constitutes 14.4 per cent of the total Budget of the Delhi Government for 2015-16.
North Delhi Municipal Corporation Standing Committee Chairman Mohan Bhardwaj on Monday said that the Budget of the Delhi Government is nothing but another form of Aam Aadmi Party’s unfulfilled poll promises. He said that compensation of `20,000 per acre to farmers of Delhi against loss of Rabi crops due to unseasonal rain is nothing but a misleading political plank.
“The compensation has been given without doing even survey of the loss,” Bhardwaj added.
Bhardwaj said that compensation should be given as per the accounts of patwari. He further said that the Budget is silent on rehabilitation or compensation to the farmers who were displaced from the Yamuna riverbed.
Bhardwaj said that if the Delhi Government is serious about improving financial condition of the corporations, then it must table and implement the recommendations of the 4th Delhi Finance Commission immediately. He said that the claims of the Delhi Government of paying `5,908 crore to Corporations is nothing but a game of numbers.
He said that allocation of `20 crore for development of 11 legislative Assembly Constituencies and `50 crore for rest of 50 constituencies is also political gimmick.
“This Budget has also proved that they are not with the citizens, for the citizens but working like an enterpreneur to bring more profit by levying additional burden of taxes and make the living more dearer in the city. It shows complete inexperience. Delhiites need to be prepared for worst to come,” said leader of the House in North Delhi Municipal Corporation Yogendra Chandolia.
Chandolia further said that the statement given by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia while presenting the Budget that it has released 49 per cent more Budget to the corporations in comparison to the last year up to June 30, 2015 is totally misleading as Delhi Govt. has released the installment due in July in June. Hence, it seems to be more in comparison.
