New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Opening a contemporary battle entrance in opposition to the ruling Aam Aam Party (AAP) within the nationwide capital, the BJP’s Delhi unit on Wednesday alleged corruption within the Irrigation and Flood Department.
Addressing a joint press convention on Wednesday, the BJP’s Delhi chief Virendraa Sachdeva and the Leader of the Opposition within the Assembly, RS Bidhuri, alleged irregularities within the awarding of tenders by the Flood and Irrigation Department and in addition within the funds made to contractors, in what they claimed was a contemporary ‘expose’ in opposition to the AAP authorities.
Claiming that the scourge of corruption had pervaded each division of the Delhi authorities, Sachdeva alleged that in mild of the BJP bringing the tendering and different scams within the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to the fore over the past couple of weeks, the AAP regime, underneath the management of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was now making an attempt to unfold the phantasm of a water disaster within the nationwide capital to stall or delay the investigation within the matter.
He stated the Delhi BJP, in any respect ranges, was striving to uncover the alleged corruption in a number of departments of the Delhi authorities.
Demanding a high-level probe into the alleged misdeeds throughout departments, the BJP’s Delhi chief stated the ‘corruption’ within the Irrigation and Flood Department isn’t any ‘small matter’ and half of a bigger conspiracy to ‘loot’ public cash.
The Delhi BJP chief alleged additional that there have been 4 situations of ‘manipulation’ within the tendering course of, including that ‘underneath stress’ from a minister within the Kejriwal authorities, payments had been ‘faked’ and funds comprised of the general public exchequer with none work being executed on the bottom.
Bringing all 4 alleged situations of scams within the flood division to the fore on the joint press convention, the BJP leaders confirmed purported video clips to assist claims that no work was executed on the DJB mission websites as claimed by the federal government.
The BJP’s Delhi chief alleged additional that 95 per cent cost was made in reference to 4 tenders value Rs 14,64,000 that had been floated for websites that don’t exist.
“Four contracts, worth Rs 7,11,000 were awarded to contractors. Of these, three contracts were awarded to the same contractor and a payment of Rs 7,7,000 was made. However, the project for which the money was paid remained only on paper. The sites for which the contracts were awarded do not exist,” Sachdeva alleged.
Payments had been made fraudulently and nobody work was on the bottom, he added.
The BJP’s Delhi chief knowledgeable additional that the occasion will carry this matter to the eye of the Lieutenant Governor and demand a high-level inquiry into the works of the Irrigation and Flood Department.
The secretary of Delhi BJP, Harish Khurana, media relations head Vikram Mittal and advocate Sanket Gupta had been additionally current on the joint press convention. (ANI)