AAP govt slams ‘garbage politics’, BJP says crisis is your creation

“Mayors are making employees throw garbage in front of my residence. This is garbage politics. We want the accounts audited. We should have rights to inquire… if we have responsibility to give funds,” said Sisodia.

“The three corporations have themselves admitted having received Rs 892.92 crore for North MCD, Rs 465.53 crore for East MCD and Rs 668 crore for South MCD under the non-planned head for the current financial year… 90% of the non-planned allocation is for payment of salaries,” added the deputy CM.
Sisodia said the mayors were scared of getting the accounts audited. “They should reveal as to how much income they have generated from the sources of income under their control… It is shameful that the political leadership of MCDs is misleading employees by not telling them the truth. There is no doubt that the three MCDs have been turned into organisations of shame by their leadership,” he added.

Hitting back at the AAP government, BJP leader Vijender Gupta described Sisodia’s call to supersede the three municipal corporations and hold fresh elections as a political strategy to weaken the civic bodies.

“(The) present crisis is creation of Kejriwal’s political ambitions. It is a planned, deliberate and sustained strategy to create financial crisis in the three municipalities for political ambitions,” said Gupta, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly.

The BJP said AAP was making the allegations because it was eyeing the 2017 municipal elections. “It has found dubious means to starve civic bodies of funds so that it can exploit the situation to its political advantage. It cannot deny the benefits of Fourth Delhi Finance Commission,” said Gupta.