New Delhi: The AAP on Monday dubbed the Delhi BJP's 'Jhuggi Samman Yatra' a "farce" after the NDMC rejected a proposal to construct a foot over bridge at a location between Naraina Vihar and Inderpuri station for those living in Buddha Vihar J J Colony and Inderpuri.
Speaking at a press conference, AAP MLA Atishi noted that the proposal for the construction of the foot over bridge was made to facilitate more than 70,000 people living in Buddha Vihar JJ Colony and Inderpuri slums after their regular travel route was blocked following an order of the Delhi High Court.
"After the High Court's order, our MLA Raghav Chadha approached the railways and the municipal corporation for the construction of the foot over bridge because people living in Buddha Vihar JJ Colony and Inderpuri slums were facing lot of inconvenience," she said.
"But the BJP-ruled municipal corporation refused to provide land for it. This is the real face of the BJP. It is anti-poor and anti-middle class. Their 'Jhuggi Samman Yatra' is a farce," she alleged, sharing a letter of the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
The AAP leader also blamed the BJP for blocking of the path, claiming that people living in Buddha Vihar JJ Colony and Inderpuri slums had been using the path for past 55 years, but the same was not submitted before the court during hearing of the matter.
"The municipal corporation did not tell the court about this. As a result, the court ordered to build a wall (to block the path)," she claimed, and alleged that NDMC got the road blocked in connivance with property developers and builders "because they felt that it was reducing the price of the properties in the area".