New Delhi. BJP MLAs demanding a discussion on Monday regarding alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) were thrown out of the Assembly with the help of marshals. The House proceedings began with Assembly members raising issues from their respective constituencies, but Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs started demanding a discussion on alleged irregularities in the Jal Board. Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goyal rejected his request and asked the opposition members to sit down.
When the BJP MLAs remained adamant on their demand, Goyal directed the marshal to throw them out of the House. After being expelled from the House, BJP MLAs staged a protest near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Assembly premises. State BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said the BJP has been saying for a long time that the DJB “scam” is bigger than the liquor scam and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders have always tried to avoid questions in this regard. Is.
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Rs 28,400 crore not accounted for
He claimed that the Finance Department of Delhi Government has told the Supreme Court that there is no accounting of Rs 28,400 crore in the last nine years. Sachdeva claimed that on one hand Delhi Water Minister Atishi has said that money is not being given to the department while on the other hand no ‘audit’ of the accounts of the Jal Board has been done since 2016-17. He alleged, “Atishi should understand that giving money to any government department indefinitely without audit is illegal and that is why there is a scam in the Jal Board today.”
Loss of crores on water board…
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramveer Singh Bidhuri said that the AAP government’s own report is saying that the Jal Board is in loss of Rs 73,000 crore and Rs 28,400 crore is unaccounted for. Bidhuri said that the money given to the Jal Board was spent on other purposes and there was a loss of crores of rupees. He said that such an important issue should be discussed because people are fed up and in trouble. There has been no immediate reaction from the Aam Aadmi Party on these allegations.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 8, 2024, 22:39 IST