Alleging lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal and Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken for creating ‘roadblocks’ on the way of realisation of popular schemes by AAP dispensation in Delhi, party’s chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj reacted strongly to the allegations labelled by Maken on CCTV issue.
“Neither the Delhi Police nor the l-G have ever showed any interest in installation of CCTVs but now when the AAP is doing it the l-G is saying that since the matter is related to security and safety and hence comes under his jurisdiction,” said Bhardwaj.
Bharadwaj rejected the corruption charges saying, “ Bharat Electronics limited is a Central Government company. It is a company of Modi ji. Go and ask him why he went to China and why the tender is being given to a Chinese company. Why are you questioning usIJ”
“BEl does not manufacture cameras, and when it is taking a tender to install cameras, they will buy it from some other company. And importing cameras from China is not illegal; there is no such law,” he added.
Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai alleged that efforts were on to halt the CCTV installation and urged the Centre, the Prime Minister and Maken to “not play with the issue of women’s safety”.
“The process was on for a while. When things reached the final stage, Maken sniffed a scam. Maken claims the tender is being awarded to a private company. The tender document clearly states the name of the two companies: larsen &Toubro and Bharat Electronics limited. These companies participated in both tender exercises. The bid difference between them is more than double. Now, a Cabinet note is being prepared. It is based on rate contract. I feel Maken is batting for the private company,” Rai said.