Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced that it will hold a protest against Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena on Saturday over the death of a mother and son who fell into an open drain in Mayur Vihar Phase-3 area of the city.
At a joint press conference along with AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar, AAP Delhi State Convenor Gopal Rai alleged, “The BJP government at the centre has been running a campaign to weaken the Delhi government. Delhi is the capital of the country, so the jurisdiction of the state and central government is already divided.”
“DDA, police, and land come under the central government. But the BJP overturned the right of the elected government of Delhi to transfer post officers and to operate and take decisions on all the works, by going against the decision of the five-judge bench of the Supreme Court,” Rai said.
“They (BJP) also snatched away the rights of the Delhi government by passing a law in the Parliament. The constantly tried to harm the work done by CM Arvind Kejriwal for education, health, electricity, water, women’s travel and pilgrimage of the elderly,” he alleged.
Terming this incident as unfortunate, Rai claimed, “BJP government at the centre, its seven MPs in Delhi and its LG are silent on this. The central government did not feel that it should take action against the negligence of DDA. Now all the leaders of the BJP are missing, as if they have forgotten how to protest.”
“Wherever we have responsibility, we are standing there fighting for the people with full strength. But LG should tell whether he has no responsibility for this negligence of DDA? Whenever there is an incident related to the police or DDA, the BJP and its LG become silent,” he alleged.
AAP will protest outside LG’s residence on Saturday, he said adding, “BJP will have to speak on this matter. Otherwise, Delhiites will understand that the BJP’s aim is not to seek justice for the people of Delhi but to defame CM Arvind Kejriwal..”
“We demand that LG should take action against the officers guilty of this incident as soon as possible and give immediate financial help to their families,” he added.
Recalling the incident of Old Rajinder where three students died in a basement flood due to heavy rainfall, Rai said, “Since the incident, the Delhi government and MCD have continuously taken strict action, many coaching centres were sealed, and many officers were suspended. Along with this, the process of giving ₹10 lakhs compensation to the children is going on from the Delhi government and MCD.”
“The process of regularizing the coaching centres is going on. Despite limited resources, the AAP government is doing everything possible for the students, while the BJP is engaging in dirty politics over this incident” he alleged.
Meanwhile, AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar claimed, “Almost 40 hours have passed, but no BJP leader has come to protest on this issue. No BJP leader has written a letter to the LG for this, nor has anyone met the victim’s family till now. Sadly, the BJP MP from East Delhi did not even go to that area to meet the victim’s family or inquire about the incident.”
“BJP is currently doing dirty politics in Delhi. It is busy saving DDA and LG. The child who died was the only child of that family, and the woman was just 23 years old. Due to the negligence of DDA officials, that family, which had come to Delhi from Uttarakhand, has been devastated,” Kumar added.
