BJP increased the rates to provide undue benefits to a large slaughterhouse of Ghazipur: Durgesh Pathak
BJP was so blindsided by making money out of butchery that it approved the proposal without bringing it to the standing committee and the house: Durgesh Pathak
Ghazipur Slaughterhouse was already facing the heat of huge irregularities, yet the BJP approved rate hikes to burden the people of Delhi: Durgesh Pathak
AAP will get the matter investigated as soon as its government forms in the MCD: Durgesh Pathak
NEW DELHI:
The Aam Aadmi Party has exposed yet another scam of Rs 450 crore in the MCD. It has unveiled how the BJP bypassed all MCD laws to help a slaughterhouse earn more profit. Divulging details on the same, AAP Senior Leader and MCD in-charge Shri Durgesh Pathak stated — BJP increased the rates to provide undue benefits to a large slaughterhouse of Ghazipur. BJP was so blindsided by making money out of butchery that it approved the proposal without bringing it to the standing committee and the house. The Ghazipur Slaughterhouse was already facing the heat of huge irregularities, yet the BJP approved rate hikes to burden the people of Delhi. AAP will get the matter investigated as soon as its government forms in the MCD.
Shri Durgesh Pathak said, “We are all aware of how the BJP has converted the MCD into a source of endless and unlimited corruption. In this vein, we are now exposing a Rs 450 crore scam of the BJP in the MCD. There is a slaughterhouse in Ghazipur area. It is run by a company which has time and again faced allegations of irregularities. Their story of irregularity, however, continues to go on and on.”
He added, “This company had requested the MCD to increase the rates it charges for slaughter. The BJP happily raised the rates of slaughter and met the demand of the company. As per MCD regulations, no rate as such can be increased without having a discussion in the standing committee. If at all the Standing Committee approves the hike in rates then it has to be taken up in the House for discussion and approval. But the BJP bypassed both the provisions and hiked the rate without any formal discussion.”
He continued, “They claim to have used the special powers vested in them for the cause. This company is set to benefit at least Rs 450 crores from the move. The burden of which would be borne by the people of Delhi. Imagine, the BJP considers this amount so petty that it approved it without any discussion or due process. The biggest disgrace in the whole matter is that when the Standing Committee Chairman was asked how could he let it happen? He said he doesn’t entirely remember the issue. The Standing Committee Chairman of the BJP doesn’t have enough time to remember how he let a company earn at the cost of the public?”
Shri Pathak concluded, “It seems as if someone in the higher ups of the BJP is involved in this whole scam. That these leaders of the BJP have a huge cut from this money to gain which is why they’ve maintained silence over it. This is a direct scam of Rs 450 crores that the BJP has committed at the cost of the pockets of the people of Delhi. Once the Aam Aadmi Party comes to MCD we will get this investigated thoroughly. We will put an end to this do-as-you-please attitude. They know how angry the public is and this is why they are running away from the elections. But we all know their days are numbered now.”