The Delhi Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of misleading people on price-rise and said that by putting posters depicting prices of onion, tomatoes, and other vegetables, they were actually inciting retailers to sell these commodities at exorbitant prices, when the truth is that the prices of these items in the wholesale market have started to come down.
"In 1998, the BJP lost power in Delhi not because of high prices of vegetables but due to mismanagement in the party. Now, in 2013, the party is aiming to return to power by raising the same issue against the Congress", said senior Congress MlA and Minister of Delhi Government Haroon Yusuf while addressing a Press conference on Saturday.
The Congress leaders claimed that prices of vegetables will come down in a few days. He claimed that the price have started to come down in the wholesale market. "But, the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh were sending pracharaks in the localities as part of their conspiracy to mislead people on the issue of high vegetable prices and power tariff," he said. Yusuf also assured the people of Delhi that the prices would come down in the next five to six days.
Congress leader and Revenue Minister Arvinder Singh lovely accused the BJP leaders of misleading people on regularisation of unauthorised colonies and held them responsible for delay in Government's effort to regularise such colonies. "They are misleading people by presenting incorrect facts on unauthorised colonies. I want to make it clear that 895 unauthorised colonies have been completely regularised while development work has started in others," said lovely while addressing the reporters.
He said if required, Delhi BJP President Vijay Goel and party's chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan can verify the fact with the booklets published by the BJP MlAs of these areas, where they have credited themselves for carrying out developmental works.
The Congress leaders also took a dig at the infighting among the BJP leaders over ticket allotment and said, "They have changed their chief ministerial candidate, now we have apprehension that they might change their list of contestants."