Will not support hike in house tax and parking rates: Delhi BJP
22 Dec 2013 5:00 AM IST
With the possibility of re-election looming large, Delhi BJP on Friday said it won’t support hike in house tax and parking rates in three municipalities ruled by it, and also announced slew of steps to make the civic bodies more people friendly and transparent.
<span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel, after a meeting with the party’s councillors, announced that the three municipal corporations ruled by <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the BJP in Delhi will not hike any parking rates and house tax rates.
‘As the common man is already burdened with inflation, we have decided that we would oppose any hike in property tax, parking charges and others taxes, also we would ‘ Goel told reporters.
In their recently presented budgets for 2014-15, the Commissioners of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporations (EDMC) had proposed hike in property tax and parking charges and decided to impose other taxes.
Goel also alleged that municipal corporations were given ‘step-motherly treatment’ by <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Delhi government and were not allowed to function and carry out their work properly.
He said any attempt to scuttle the functioning of MCDs would not be tolerated.
‘Funds were not released in time. Attempts are still going on to thrust certain officials as Commissioners of the MCDs. We would be taking up this issue with <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Lieutenant Governor again as we have done in the past.
‘They have given all the roads to PWD, just to malign <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the image of MCD but they haven’t repaired or relaid any road, apart from those having width of 60 feet,’ he said.
He demanded that like MPs and MLAs, a councillor should be allowed to utilise their <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">development fund in <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the unauthorised colonies which have been regularised recently.
‘If needed we would approach the court on this issue, as a councillor, like an MP or an MLA, was also accountable to his voters,’ Goel said.
He stressed that all the councillor have been asked to focus on sanitation of their area, condition of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">street lights and parks on priority basis.
<span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel, after a meeting with the party’s councillors, announced that the three municipal corporations ruled by <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the BJP in Delhi will not hike any parking rates and house tax rates.
‘As the common man is already burdened with inflation, we have decided that we would oppose any hike in property tax, parking charges and others taxes, also we would ‘ Goel told reporters.
In their recently presented budgets for 2014-15, the Commissioners of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporations (EDMC) had proposed hike in property tax and parking charges and decided to impose other taxes.
Goel also alleged that municipal corporations were given ‘step-motherly treatment’ by <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Delhi government and were not allowed to function and carry out their work properly.
He said any attempt to scuttle the functioning of MCDs would not be tolerated.
‘Funds were not released in time. Attempts are still going on to thrust certain officials as Commissioners of the MCDs. We would be taking up this issue with <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Lieutenant Governor again as we have done in the past.
‘They have given all the roads to PWD, just to malign <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the image of MCD but they haven’t repaired or relaid any road, apart from those having width of 60 feet,’ he said.
He demanded that like MPs and MLAs, a councillor should be allowed to utilise their <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">development fund in <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the unauthorised colonies which have been regularised recently.
‘If needed we would approach the court on this issue, as a councillor, like an MP or an MLA, was also accountable to his voters,’ Goel said.
He stressed that all the councillor have been asked to focus on sanitation of their area, condition of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">street lights and parks on priority basis.
Next Story
