AAP, BJP STALL DEVELOPMENT OF DELHI—THE PEOPLE OF DELHI WILL TEACH THEM A BITTER LESSON IN THE MCD BYE-ELECTIONS—AJAY MAKEN.

NEW DELHI,AKASH DWIVEDI —Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president  Ajay Maken  and ex-MP  Sajjan Kumar said the  Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP  were responsible for the stalled development works in Delhi. They said the BJP is in power at the MCDs and at Centre, and the AAP is ruling in Delhi, but for the past 25 months, all the development works in Delhi have come to a total halt, as both the AAP and BJP were clashing against each other with little time left for them to concentrate on the development works in Delhi, which has put back the development of Delhi by at least 20 years.

Addressing a “Samarthan Sabha” at Valmiki Chaupal at Nawada Village today,  Ajay Maken  said   Chief Minister  Arvind Kejriwal and Prime Minister  Narendra Modi,  who had promised to eradicate corruption, were now presiding over one of the most corrupt regims witnessed in the country, as corruption has hit the roof. He said over two dozen MLAs of AAP have been booked for various offences, and many of them have also spent time in jail, but  Arvind Kejriwal was creating such a false halo of honesty around him to betray the people of Delhi. He said the people of Delhi have now understood the real character of the AAP party, and in the coming MCD bye-elections, they would teach a bitter lesson on the AAP and the BJP.

Despite unbearable heat, thousands of people from Nawada Village, Shyam Park, Om Vihar, Mohan Garden and surrounding areas started assembling  at the Nawada metro station under the leadership of ex-MLA and senior Congress leader  Mukesh Sharma from 3 p.m. Congress workers, assembled at all sides of the Nawada metro station, shouted slogans such as  “Congress Party Zindabad”, “Samay hai parivarthan ka—Congress ke samarthan ka”, “Satpal Sethi Ayega, ruka vikas shuru karayega”, etc. At 4 p.m, DPCC president  Ajay Maken,  Sajjan Kumar,  Mukesh Sharma and Congress candidate  Satpal Sethi, along with thousands of Congress workers, marched through various colonies of the Nawada Ward before reaching Valmiki Chaupal at Nawada village, where people from the Nawada village and surrounding areas had already assembled. The local people were angry that despite the local MLA hailing from the Nawada village, he has not initiated even a single project for  the development  of the Nawada village and the surrounding areas for the past 15 months, and the only Government dispensary at the Nawada village  was shut by the AAP Government at the behest of the MLA. Though the BJP and AAP candidates for the MCD bye-election for the Nawada ward belong to the area, the local people were totally disillusioned with them. The local panchayat and people of 36 stake holders of the society from the area also passed a resolution against the local MLA, and decided to unitedly support the Congress candidate.

DPCC president  Ajay Maken said both BJP and AAP were against the people of  unauthorised colonies and villages. He said ever since the AAP and BJP came to power, development works in unauthorized colonies have been stopped. He said the AAP Government has  not regularized even a single unauthorized colony. He said both AAP and BJP were playing politics with the people of  unauthorized colonies, making their life miserable.  Maken appealed to the local people to  vote for the Congress candidate in the MCD bye-election from the Nawada Ward, and elect  him with a thumping majority.

Senior Congress leader and ex-MLA   Mukesh Sharma said after witnessing huge response for the “Samarthan Sabha” and “Samarthan Rally”,  it has become very clear that Congress candidate  Satpal Sethi will win the MCD bye-election with a huge margin, and resume the stalled developments works in the area.  Sharma accused the local MLA for stalling work on a 200-bed Government hospital at Mohan Garden, and for the encroachment of the Power Grid land, as the MLA was keeping a blind eye on these issues.  Sharma said sewer was not functional, and the roads and nallas were broken with filth lying all around, creating an unbearable atmosphere, as sanitation work has come to a total standstill. He said the old people, widows and handicapped were not receiving their pensions.  Sharma told  the local people that during the Congress rule, there was all-round development in Delhi. He appealed to the local people to vote for the  Congress candidate and teach the AAP and the BJP an unforgettable lesson for betraying the people.