Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take out 'Padyatras' in all the 272 wards on December 22 and turn the case of the misappropriation of Rs 2500 crores by the BJP-ruled MCD into a mass movement.
The AAP workers will expose the BJP's corruption in the MCD by meeting the people in all the wards of Delhi and expose the party's misdeeds before the Delhi people; AAP leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak said on Sunday.
Addressing the media, Pathak said, "You all must have seen that BJP led MCD misappropriated an amount of Rs2500 crores. This amount was of the people of Delhi and is a loss to the public exchequer. This was paid as a tax by Delhi citizens. Last week when North, South, and East MCDs released their budgets, the misappropriation of Rs 2500 crores came at the forefront. To call for a CBI investigation into this matter, the AAP has been determined and is fighting for the same on roads as well as in Vidhan Sabha."
"Rajindar Nagar MLA Raghav Chadha ji, MLA Kuldeep ji, MLA Rituraj ji, Sanjay Jha ji, and Rajesh Gupta ji were going to meet with Home Minister Amit Shah, but they were put under house arrest and were later sent to jail. Atishi, MLA Kalkaji, and three of our leaders of the opposition were denied permission to meet with the Lieutenant Governor; they were roughly dealt with and later taken into police custody,” he said.
“We held a Delhi Assembly session, in which we proposed a CBI investigation which was met with opposing opinions by BJP MLAs. The AAP wants to ask them that if and when you say there is no corruption, why are you afraid of a CBI investigation into the matter?" he asked. However, responding to AAP leader, Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that that nothing can be more shamefull than AAP organising mass programmes to spread canard about 2500 crores scam in North MCD.
”The purpose of daily propoganda by AAP leaders is to malign the image of BJP which rules three MCDs. The AAP leaders themselves know that there was no scam and that is the reason why the Kejriwal Government is not writing to CBI for an inquiry,” he added.