Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the BJP-ruled municipal Corporations of ‘failing’ to construct even 10 out of 100 parking complexes promised in its manifesto ten years ago. However, Delhi BJP refuted the charges, saying that the AAP leaders kept busy creating confusion among people, anticipating defeat in upcoming municipal elections.
AAP Chief Spokesperson and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj said that BJP promised 27 parking lots in South MCD alone but built only two parking lots, one of which collapsed a year later. Bhardwaj said that parking for about one crore vehicles needed in Delhi as per its population and even High Court and Supreme Court have reprimanded MCD several times over the issue.
Responding to the allegations, Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that leveling baseless allegations on MCDs has become a regular game of Saurabh Bhardwaj and other AAP leaders.
Kapoor said that car parking charges collected by MCDs deposited in their ESCROW funds but they can not suffice the funds needed for the construction of car parking and therefore these projects are being completed on ‘Public Private Partnership’ model.