The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the BJP- ruled South Corporation of tabling proposal to increase the surface-level parking rates in the House meeting and demanded to repeal the recommendation. However, the BJP denied the claim, saying that there is no such proposal to increase parking rates.
Senior AAP leader and MLA from Kalkaji Constituency of South Delhi Atishi said that the BJP ruled SDMC and its standing committee has proposed to increase the surface-level parking rates by 100 per cent that is from Rs 20 to Rs 40 per hour.
The AAP leader said that the BJP ruled authority is pulling all the strings to rob the hard-earned money of the citizens ahead of the MCD elections of 2022. “The BJP is well aware of the fact that they will be wiped out from the forthcoming elections since the citizens of Delhi are evidently disappointed with their work and the many such unnecessary taxation policies that they are implementing to extract money from the people of Delhi.
“The standing Committee of SDMC has released a proposal to increase the surface parking rates by an appalling rate of 100 per cent. This means, when people like us visit any marketplaces, malls, or metro stations, we will have to pay double than that of the existing parking rates if this is notified and approved,” she said. Responding to Atishi, Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor accused the AAP leader of misleading people as parking charges have not been increased by the corporation.
Parking on roads is a menace in Delhi as apart from creating jams, it often causes street fights.