Former Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Rohini MLA Vijender Gupta attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government for alleged Rs 2,000 crore losses to the Delhi Transport Corporation.
Gupta said that in the Assembly, the Minister admitted to heavy losses to the DTC. He said that as per AAP Government data, about 80 per cent of the commuters between March and July were women who were issued pink tickets which is completely false.
“The total women passengers in Delhi had always been less than 50 but bogus tickets are being issued as pink passes to show that 80 per cent passengers are women,” he said.
“Nowhere is world, 80 per cent women travel in public transport. In a way, the Delhi government is implying that women began traveling in horde because of the lure of free travel, that too during the peak of second wave of pandemic,” he added.
“The bogus figures of pink passes to claim subsidy by DTC must be investigated. Based on the number of pink tickets issued by the DTC, it receives grants from the government. In this case, the number of pink tickets issues varies significantly from the actual number of women passengers taking the bus,” he said.
Gupta said that the Delhi Government is trying to create a smokescreen to hide its corruption and mismanagement of the DTC causing heavy losses to the exchequer. “It is not only misguiding the people of India but is also insulting the women of Delhi, who were offered the free bus services by the AAP Government itself. Now, by issuing bogus tickets to increase women passenger number, DTC is covering up the actual reasons for its losses,” he added.
He further said that the matter needs to be investigated thoroughly. “For AAP government, DTC has been turned into a cash cow. With any new elections, the government milks the DTC and leaves the people of Delhi stranded on the streets,” he said.