NEW DELHI: A group of lawmakers from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made a representation to the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee, seeking relief for traders from the ongoing sealing drive for violation of civic and urban norms.
"I and three other MLAs met the members of the monitoring committee to verify if the sealing issue has been resolved. From the urban affairs ministry to the MCD and DDA, the departments fall under the BJP-rule. So, if any relief can be brought to the traders, it can be done only by the BJP," said AAP MLA and DDA member Somnath Bharti.
He added that the BJP had been saying that with these proposed amendments, a relief had been ensured, "but it is merely a lie and the next step in 'jumlebazi' by it".
"We asked the committee members, will the (proposed amendments) ensure that the sealing will stop and whether a sealed property will be de-sealed, but they remained tight-lipped about it.
"Also, the matter is to come up before the Supreme Court on April 2," the AAP leader said.
Bharti also said that by bringing a one-page ordinance in the Lok Sabha, the BJP can stop the sealing drive, but it is running away from it. We want to expose it.