Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak on Tuesday alleged that there is a scam of Rs 350 crore per year in the name of issuing health trade licence that's why BJP-ruled MCD wants to keep the power to issue the licenses.
Pathak said the FSSAI issued a letter to all three MCDs on September 7, directing them to stop the process of granting health trade license.
"The BJP-ruled MCD is a den of corruption and it has no respect for central government directions. Moreover, they are not even listening to PM Narendra Modi, he said.
“Days back Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal directed that all the restaurants and hotels of Delhi will be permitted to work 24×7 to make Delhi a world-class city. The Delhi government also decided to withdraw some of the licensing systems which were for the hotels and restaurants because these were unnecessary. The BJP ruled MCD issues health trade licence to all the restaurants and hotels but the Delhi government decided to withdraw the system," he added.
The AAP leader said, "This agency is under the central government and this agency has noted that there is no need for the BJP ruled MCD to issue these licenses but the MCDs are so corrupt that they are not even ready to accept the directions of the BJP ruled central government."