Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak alleged that the BJP-ruled North MCD has not been able to pay salary to its staff citing paucity of funds but it waived off Rs 2,457 crores of the South MCD which the later was supposed to pay as the rent of the office space.
The AAP leader said that the BJP has manipulated the money of the taxpayers and this is completely unacceptable. “The AAP wants to know that if there is no due money then why you are the earlier commissioners writing letters to the South MCD asking for them to pay this money. The AAP will order an investigation on the matter after coming to power and every official who is involved in such a criminal act will be punished,” he said.
Pathak said, "The doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, teachers and others no one was getting any salary. Whenever questions were asked to the Bharatiya Janata Party they have diverted the attention and always avoided these questions. This situation in the BJP ruled MCD is nothing new and it has happened because of the corruption, incompetence and financial mismanagement of the BJP."
"After the trifurcation of municipal Corporations, the north corporation allotted office space to the South MCD on rent. The South MCD owes around Rs 2457 crores to the North MCD. If you look at the last year’s budget document you will see that it has been noted that the North MCD should get Rs 2457 crores from the South MCD,” he said.
Pathak further said, "The officials and the commissioners of the North MCD have written several letters to the South MCD asking them to pay this money. But this money has never come from the South MCD to the North MCD. Yesterday the North MCD presented the budget of this year. It is unfortunate that in this document there is no mention of this huge amount which is due from the side of South MCD."