BJP demands AAP’s apology over commission allegations
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday hit out at AAP leader Atishi for accusing the ruling party’s leaders of pressuring officers for a 10 per cent commission on government projects.
The BJP demanded that the former CM apologise for making the allegation and warned that she would face legal action if she did not do so.
AAP had accused BJP ministers of abusing Delhi government officials, alleging a shocking pattern of intimidation and extortion just a month into their rule. Atishi, at a press conference, had claimed that the BJP ministers’ “demand for commission on every project” had forced many officers to seek transfers out of Delhi or to the Central government. Several officials were reportedly threatened with suspension for resisting such demands.
Atishi lashed out at the BJP for allegedly resorting to such bullying tactics to intimidate the very officers who, she said, transformed Delhi’s public schools and hospitals, built world-class Mohalla Clinics and delivered on several projects over the past decade when AAP was at the helm of affairs in the national capital.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva was quick to hit back, saying, “For ten years, the people of Delhi heard Arvind Kejriwal repeatedly claim that the Central government and officials were not letting him work. They must be astonished now to hear Atishi say that the AAP government built new schools, hospitals and flyovers in Delhi with the help of those officials.”
Sachdeva then called on Atishi to explain why, if the AAP government had indeed curbed corruption, the Delhi Jal Board was left in ruins.
“Why did Delhi suffer severe waterlogging during the 2024 monsoon? Why are roads in a state of disrepair? Why was no new hospital built in Delhi in the last ten years? Why are science and commerce subjects not taught in Delhi’s schools?” Sachdeva sought to know.
He also questioned why so many former AAP ministers are facing jail time or corruption charges.