Ahead of the municipal elections here, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Wednesday accused the BJP of extorting money from traders in east Delhi’s Krishna Nagar and said Arvind Kejriwal would help them get rid of this “curse”.
Sisodia, who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, marched in different wards of Laxmi Nagar, Krishna Nagar and Patparganj. He also talked about the civic problems faced by the people.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections are being seen as a high-stakes contest between the Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress to wrest power from the BJP, which ruled for 15 years.
He said, ‘Water gets accumulated on the roads and causes many diseases, but the BJP has completely ignored all this over the years. Sisodia said that the BJP has never considered waste management as its duty in the last five years.
Addressing people in Krishna Nagar, he alleged that the BJP extorts money from traders and arbitrarily imposes conversion charges, but has been unable to provide proper parking facilities in the last 15 years.
Along with this, it has carried out several unwarranted sealing drives and tried to shut down many businesses, he said. “Many families have been affected by this,” said the Deputy Chief Minister.
“Traders are fed up with it now,” he said and added that the AAP will come to power in the MCD on December 7.
Sisodia said, “Kejriwal will soon help traders get rid of this curse called BJP.”
He appealed to the people to vote for the AAP in the MCD elections to be held on December 4, the counting of votes of which would take place on the seventh of this month.
Sisodia said, “Every day, people across Delhi expect to start their day on a positive note, instead they step out of their homes and see piles of garbage around their doorsteps.”
“It is because of the mismanagement of the BJP. This is due to the inefficiency of the BJP in the MCD.”
Senior AAP leaders Sisodia and Raghav Chadha also took part in a campaign in Chandni Chowk area where various singers including Mika Singh performed and appealed people to vote for the party.
Speaking at the campaign, Sisodia said that instead of providing facilities and services to traders in Chandni Chowk, the BJP “looted traders” for 15 years.
Kejriwal worked tirelessly to re-develop Chandni Chowk and return it to its former glory, but even during this initiative, the BJP repeatedly tried to stall the work. He looted the traders of Chandni Chowk only for 15 years.
Hitting out at the BJP, Chadha said that when it was in power in the MCD, the BJP only harassed the public, looted them and ruined the city by spreading garbage.
AAP will “liberate people from BJP’s failures and its garbage”. This time people will bring Kejriwal to MCD.
The party has also intensified its campaigns like ‘Dance for Democracy’, guitar and magic shows to take its message to the masses through cultural programmes.
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