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New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday praised Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for launching projects worth Rs 1,816 crore aimed at cleaning the Yamuna.
He said the projects inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah are aimed at strengthening sewer and drinking water supply systems.
The Delhi BJP chief said that HM Shah had made many promises while releasing the party manifesto before the Delhi Assembly elections.
Within eight months – between September 17 and October 9, during the Pradhan Mantri Seva Pakhwada – large-scale development and reform projects worth Rs 3,600 crore have been implemented, he said, thereby realizing this promise.
Sachdeva said the people of Delhi have seen how Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government “looted” Delhi’s money in the name of Yamuna cleaning from 2013 to 2024, including a huge scam of Rs 60,000 crore in the Delhi Jal Board.
He said, “On the contrary, today the same public is seeing that CM Rekha Gupta’s government is working honestly to fulfill the promise of cleaning Yamuna, improving the sewage system and providing clean drinking water.”
Earlier, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor hit out at AAP leaders for trying to politicize the movement of Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) employees or other contract employees and claimed that the AAP government had betrayed these employees when it was in power.
Kapoor said that whether it is Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) employees or other contract employees, both the BJP-led state government and the municipal corporation administration are committed to improving their service conditions and allowances.
He said that soon a collective policy decision will be taken regarding the service conditions and salary of contract workers.
BJP spokesperson said that the statements of AAP leaders including Sanjay Singh on the demands and strike of MTS workers are nothing but crocodile tears.
MTS employees know that the economic demands for which they are now forced to strike are a direct result of the actions of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government over the last 10 years, which have financially crippled the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
The Delhi BJP spokesperson stressed that this is the time for regular monitoring of dengue and malaria and it is unethical to strike at such a time.
Kapoor said that Delhi Mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh’s doors are open for talks with MTS employees.
He appealed to the employees to return to their duties in the interest of society and talk to the Mayor regarding their demands.
–IANS
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