MCD polls: AAP govt making false promises, accuses Delhi BJP 

Ahead of the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls on  December 4, the Delhi BJP today brought out a “charge sheet” against the Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government accusing it of making false promises in various fields including water, public transport and education.

Mentioning about the allegations in the “charge sheet” during a press conference here,  Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said, “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had promised the people of the national capital that water would be made available 24 hours, but in the last eight years there has not been an increase of even one MGD in water supply.”

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Bidhuri said the supply of water in Delhi is 900 MGD while the demand has crossed 1300 MGD.

“40 per cent of Delhi’s population does not get water from Delhi Jal Board,” he alleged.

Bidhuri said, “The Delhi Chief Minister had promised to buy 15,000 buses but the number of DTC buses has decreased from 6500 to 3760 in eight years.”

“Due to non-availability of public transport, people are forced to take private vehicles on the road, due to which congestion, jam, pollution and accidents are increasing,” he said.

“The AAP government in the name of new model of education in Delhi promised to open 500 new schools, but not a single new school was opened,” Bidhuri charged

“On the contrary, 50 schools were closed. 22 thousand guest teachers were not confirmed even after making a promise. Delhi is at number eight in the National Performance Grading Index. There was a promise to open 20 colleges but not a single one has been opened,” he further alleged.

The 250-ward Municipal Corporation of Delhi will go to the polls on December 4, while the counting of votes will be taken up on December 7.

This year, the Central government unified the three corporations – East Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation and North Delhi Municipal Corporation – into one MCD. After a Home Ministry notification, the total number of MCD wards in Delhi has been reduced to 250 from earlier 272. As many as 42 wards are in the reserved category.