The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday demanded a CBI enquiry in the matter of allegedly waiving Rs 2500 crores by the North Corporation which was payable by South Delhi Municipal Corporation.
AAP MLA and senior leader Atishi said that the councilors and MLAs of AAP will visit the Lieutenant Governor and Home Minister on Sunday to demand CBI inquiry into the matter and wait outside their residences till they do not issue orders for inquiry into the loss of public exchequer of Rs. 2500 crores.
"The Delhi Police allowed BJP councilors to sit outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. I am sure they will allow us to sit outside the LG's and Home Minister's residence at 11 AM tomorrow," she added.
Addressing the media, she said, "On one hand, BJP-led North MCD constantly claims that they do not have money and are incapable of paying salaries to the doctors, nurses, sanitation workers and other staff, but on the other hand, they can waive off Rs. 2500 crore which was payable by South Delhi MCD."
The AAP leader further said, "If you check the accounts of South MCD of the last many years, they clearly state that Rs. 2500 crore was the payable rent for the SDMC office at Civic Center. But in this year's budget, the rent payable is shown as zero. The question that now arises is where are these Rs. 2500 crores? Where has this money been appropriated? Which North MCD BJP leader and South MCD BJP leader received money to turn these Rs. 2500 crores into zero? These Rs 2500 crores which were to come to the North MCD have reduced to a loss to the public exchequer. Who is responsible for this loss, this corruption?”
Replying to a question, Atishi said, "The sit-in protest by the BJP mayor and its councilors for the last few days, demanding an outstanding amount of Rs. 13000 crores is baseless. The Delhi government does not owe anything to the MCD.