The AAP on Tuesday hit back at Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for his direction to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to recover Rs 97 crore spent on advertisements in alleged violation of Supreme Court guidelines, saying the LG didn’t have the power to issue the order. The party has alleged that the LG had “no clue” and was “dancing on the directions of the BJP”.
AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said the order was designed to pull down the party which recently qualified to be notified as a national party and stressed that the attempt won’t succeed. Addressing the media, Bhardwaj termed the LG's direction a "new love letter" and questioned his intentions behind such a frivolous order. “AAP has become a national party…BJP and LG can try harder but AAP will stand tall and will not allow anyone stop the good works being done in Delhi,” said Bharadwaj.
“LG has no power to pass such orders. Following the directions of BJP he is trying to create trouble for the people of Delhi and is trying to stop work. We have said this earlier as well that as we get closer to Valentine’s Day, the number of letters from the LG would increase,” he said. “The LG is passing illegal orders without any jurisdiction, his diktat has no value in the eyes of law. Saxena is asking how Delhi Government's advertisements are being published outside the city, while BJP ruled states have given advertisements worth about 22,000 crores in other states.
Raj Niwas is giving arguments like BJP spokespersons,” said Bhardwaj. Critisicing the BJP, Bhardwaj also questioned that the saffron party governments in states spent 22,000 crores on advertisements, why doesn't JP Nadda step forward and tell when they will return that amount to the exchequer? “BJP has lost sleep since the AAP became a national party, and now they are fighting against the people of Delhi.
The saffron party is trying to harass and punish the people of the national Capital for supporting honest politics," Bhardwaj said.
“After facing a defeat in the municipal election in Delhi, the BJP has started obstructing the tenders of medicines for the mohalla clinics, the funds to provide salaries to doctors in government hospitals were not released by the Central Governmnet, the pension that senior citizens and the disabled in Delhi receive has also been affected, the funds that are given to the Delhi Jal Board have been held up by over six months,” Bhardwaj alleged.