Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for opposing the motion in the Assembly, demanding a ‘Central Bureau of Investigation’ (CBI) into the alleged Rs 2500 cr scam.
“The Assembly passed a resolution that a CBI probe should take place on the matter of BJP ruled MCD’s scam of Rs.2500 crores. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Cabinet Minister Satyender Jain also supported the motion. But while the voting was taking place the BJP got fully exposed. The Delhi BJP MLAs did not vote in support of the motion. Earlier, the BJP leaders were claiming that a CBI probe should take place but now when the assembly moved the motion they opposed it,” he said.
Initiating a discussion on the issue following which the resolution was passed, Bhardwaj said "Scams come up regularly in BJP-ruled corporations. The new councilors have broken the record of their predecessors in corruption," he claimed.
"The MCD is like a daughter of Delhi which was given to the BJP that has acted as a mother-in-law. The BJP is acting the same by demanding Rs 13,000 crore from the AAP. In the 2017 municipal polls, BJP changed all its sitting councilors because people were unhappy with them," Bhardwaj said.
The AAP MLA alleged that the scam runs into thousands of crores of rupees. "The building department of corporations is known for corruption and demanding bribes. A BJP councillor was caught red-handed by the CBI for taking Rs 10 lakh for construction of a building," he added.
However, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri termed the allegations of misappropriation of funds worth Rs 2,500 crore "baseless". BJP MLA OP Sharma boycotted the House when he was not allowed to speak in the debate.
Party legislators displayed placards at their seats, demanding the release of financial dues of Rs 13000 crore to the civic bodies.