NGO in question registered in Ashok Vihar area but there’s no office or any related official at the location: Durgesh Pathak
MCD usually awards tenders to NGOs for various works but the NGOs themselves are responsible for gathering funds for them: Durgesh Pathak
For the first time in history, BJP’s corruption has gone to a level where it has officially asked government employees to collect funds for the NGO: Durgesh Pathak
Why was the tender awarded to the NGO if it had no funds?: Durgesh Pathak
Till now the collection & extortion was taking place behind the curtains but when a shopkeeper refused to pay up, the MCD officials threatened to seal his shop: Durgesh Pathak
We have exposed over 100 cases where BJP leaders are operating NGOs like a mafia nexus to squander money: Durgesh Pathak
NEW DELHI
The BJP-ruled MCD has crossed all limits of corruption by employing government officials to extort money for its coffers. AAP Senior Leader and MCD in-charge Shri Durgesh Pathak today exposed how the MCD first awarded a tender for school upkeep work to a non-existent NGO and then forced government officials to collect funds for it. He stated, “The NGO in question was registered in Ashok Vihar area but there’s no office or any related official at the location. MCD usually awards tenders to NGOs for various works but the NGOs themselves are responsible for gathering funds for them. For the first time in history, BJP’s corruption has gone to a level where it has officially asked government employees to collect funds for the NGO. Why was the tender awarded to the NGO if it had no funds? Till now the collection & extortion was taking place behind the curtains but when a shopkeeper refused to pay up, the MCD officials threatened to seal his shop. We have exposed over 100 cases where BJP leaders are operating NGOs like a mafia nexus to squander money.”
Shri Durgesh Pathak said, “On one hand, the Aam Aadmi Party has been recognised globally as an innovator in governance under the leadership of CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal. On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been recognised as a leader in innovation in corruption. So much so that thieves and bigots across the country now seek inspiration from the BJP in their ways of loot. Now, the BJP has invented another way to commit corruption. A lot of duties in MCD’s schools are assigned to NGOs to fulfil. Be it converting classrooms to smart ones, preparing grounds and fields, or other general work across the school. These NGOs collect their funds through CSR and donations on their own. We have exposed over 100 cases where BJP leaders are operating NGOs like a mafia nexus to squander money. These NGOs are more often than not registered in the name of the relatives of BJP leaders and their associates. Some of their leaders are so shameless that they register these NGOs in their own name and loot money in broad daylight as we have seen in the case of Manju Khandelwal in the past.”
He added, “Until now these NGOs were collecting their funds themselves. But now the BJP has put out a proper order directing MCD officials to go to every trader, every industrialist and any other person they can find to extort money in the name of donation into these NGOs. In April, they circulated an entire list of NGOs by region with their bank account details. I am certain this is the first instance of such brazen corruption. The BJP has put government officials on the job of collecting funds for their loot. These NGOs were first awarded tenders for various works then government officials were asked to collect funds for them. The first question that arises out of this mess is why was the NGO awarded the tender in the first place? Then we investigated further to discover more details about the NGO, which is registered in Ashok Vihar with no trace of an office or anyone in-charge. The property is very clearly a residential property with no sign of the NGO – no office, no reception, nothing representing an organisation. This so-called NGO was blindly handed over all the work for MCD schools and the BJP further directed its officers to extort as much money as possible from every single shop in the area in the name of fundraising.”
He further said, “None of us would have even found out about this scam that the BJP is running given its level of secrecy. However, a few days ago, the BJP itself slipped up when its MCD officials approached a shopkeeper and said that they were collecting funds for the said NGO. When the shopkeeper refused to pay up, the MCD officers threatened him saying they’ll seal the shop. This is nothing but a new method by which BJP has begun extorting money from innocent shopkeepers to fill its own pockets. I highly doubt that this time the BJP can come up with some convoluted logic to deny and hide this scandal.”
He concluded, “The BJP may have already deferred the elections but the people of Delhi are waiting to kick them out of the MCD as soon as they can. We are certain, the BJP will not even win ten seats, and eventually when AAP comes to power, all their files will be audited and their corruption will be exposed for the world to see. This is the only way the BJP will understand the atrocities of its flagrant corruption and misgovernance.”