NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s member and Delhi minister, Majinder Singh Sirsa, on Tuesday, accused AAP convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, of extensive corruption in the national capital and said that 1.08 lakh vehicles that exceeded the pollution limit were still issued PUC certificates after receiving bribes.
A CAG report addressing ‘Prevention of Air Pollution from Vehicles’ was presented in the Delhi Assembly today.
Sirsa said that while 22.14 lakh pollution checks occurred in Delhi, 1.08 lakh vehicles exceeding pollution limits received PUC certificates through bribery, worsening city pollution.
“22 lakh 14 thousand pollution checks were done, and 1 lakh 8 thousand vehicles that had passed the PUC certificate exceeded the limit, but they were still given certificates after taking money, which increased pollution in Delhi. So many scams happened. How much money would the Aam Aadmi Party have made, 500 or 5000 crores?” the BJP minister asked.
The minister attributed Delhi’s deteriorating air quality to the Kejriwal administration.
“Why was this report not tabled till now? It has become clear why the opposition has run away from the House. The opposition is not in the House because the opposition gets a call from Kejriwal. Kejriwal has gone into depression and has gone to Punjab, so he is not able to come out of the shock. He has gone to Punjab to come out of the shock,” Sirsa said.
Regarding AAP’s reaction to the report, the minister said, “They say that the CAG report is not understood by them. They understand scams, but this report is not read by them. Then they say, present all 14 reports together. If one report is not read by them, how will they read 14?”
Sirsa claimed that AAP’s mismanagement of DTC buses through fraudulent activities had forced millions to resort to two-wheelers. He highlighted that whilst Rs53 crore was utilised for the odd-even scheme, the DTC fleet significantly decreased.
“DTC buses destroyed by the Aam Aadmi Party by scamming, due to which people started using two-wheelers, crores of people started using two-wheelers. Know about the odd-even scheme in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party spent Rs 53 crore only for the odd-even scheme,” he said.
“In 2011, till 2015, DTC had 89 buses on the roads, but gradually, only 14-15% of buses were running, and the rest were damaged and left idle. Scams were committed one after another, and I often feel sorry that this person will spend his entire life in jail or will he ever come out?” he added.
