As the city continues to grapple with long outages and water scarcity, senior Delhi BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri has accused lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung of “failing” to resolve the problem and said his removal should be considered if the situation does not improve in the next few days. Severely critical of Jung, Bidhuri, an MP from South Delhi constituency and General Secretary of Delhi BJP, said water and power crises have made life miserable for people in the sweltering heat and Jung must take all possible action to address the problem.
“His removal should be considered if the situation does not improve in the next few days,” said Bidhuri, who was part of party’s key election management team for both Assembly and lok Sabha polls.
“We want concrete results as we had promised to the people that we will resolve their problems. The power and water crises must be resolved at the earliest. Otherwise, stern action should be considered,” Bidhuri, who was elected as an MlA from Tughlakabad constituency for three consecutive terms since 2003, said.
The BJP leader, however, rejected Congress’ criticism that the NDA Government was responsible for the situation and accused the party of trying to gain political mileage from the issue.
“The criticism is totally unfounded. Congress was in power in Delhi for last 15 years. Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister till May 15. Congress had appointed the lt Governor. How can you blame NDA Government which has come to power only a month backIJ” he said.
Holding Congress responsible for the situation, Bidhuri said the previous Congress-led Government did nothing to improve the power transmission network and water distribution system in the city.