Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday said that the ‘Central Bureau of Investigation’ (CBI) has arrested Manoj Mehlawat, BJP leader and an elected councillor from Vasant Kunj in connection with a bribery case. The AAP leader demanded the BJP to explain who gets the benefit of such massive financial loot.
“The BJP councillor got arrested red-handed for the charges of bribery. The CBI found that he was taking a bribe of Rs.10 lakh. When this person got arrested, a massive chaos reported in the area and the CBI got to know later that this person is a BJP councillor. The BJP ruled central government came down heavily on the CBI therefore, the CBI did not mention the arrest in their press release," he said.
Bhardwaj said, "The building mafia work as a team and to protect these mafias, the BJP ruled MCD has developed the building bylaws in Delhi. These bylaws are highly complicated and to build a house following these bylaws are next to impossible."
"If someone does not like to take any kind of illegal means to build their house then his or her house will never see the light of the day. Without bribing the BJP ruled MCD officials in Delhi you cannot build your own house because the bylaws are such. I am a concerned MLA of Delhi and telling you that not a single citizen of Delhi has any option but bribing the BJP ruled MCD officials to build his or her own house,” he said.
“The collection of money by the BJP ruled MCD happens in a very coordinated manner. Every area of Delhi has different rates defined by the BJP ruled MCD and the builder mafia. I come from the Greater Kailash area of Delhi so if anyone wants to build a house at
GK1 then per lenter you will need to pay around Rs 2.5 lakh. So for four lenter you will pay Rs 10 lakh to the MCD," he alleged.
"This money goes from the bottom to top in the BJP ruled MCD. It starts with the beldar which means the local level workers who are associated with the BJP ruled MCD. This money reaches to the mayor starting from the local councillor also the officials of the BJP ruled MCD like engineers. If this money is not given then the person concerned will get notices from the BJP ruled MCD and his or her house will be sealed,” he added.