BJP trying to dismiss govt through back door by imposing President’s Rule: AAP

On September 6, the director of the President’s Secretariat acknowledged the receipt of the letter and said that it has been forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for “appropriate attention”.

Speaking to mediapersons, Gupta said, “A delegation of BJP had met the President on August 30. We handed over a memorandum to her, informing her about the government paralysis in Delhi – over 50 people have died during the monsoon, the roads are in a bad condition, the sewage system has collapsed, no Cabinet session has been held in the last five months, the CM is in jail, so no files can be signed, while Union government’s schemes are not being implemented in Delhi.”

He also accused the government of violating the Constitution by not forming the Sixth Delhi Finance Commission and not presenting before the Assembly 11 Comptroller and Auditor General reports that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had earlier accused the AAP of sitting on. “The Delhi Jal Board is drowning in a debt of Rs 73,000 crore and the Delhi Skill Entrepreneurship University has seen a scam involving Rs 1,000 crore. Political appointments have been made at exorbitant salaries of Rs 3.5 lakh per month,” Gupta claimed.

Following this, Cabinet Minister Atishi said the BJP is making attempts to dismiss the elected government through the back door. “Its (BJP’s) only job is to topple the elected governments of the Opposition,” she said in a statement.

“If the BJP hatches a conspiracy to topple the government of Arvind Kejriwal, the people of Delhi will give a befitting reply to the BJP in the upcoming elections. Today, they have eight MLAs in the Delhi Assembly, if President’s Rule is imposed, I can say with certainty that the BJP will get zero seats next time,” she said, challenging the BJP to impose President’s Rule in Delhi.

Atishi added, “Wherever BJP does not win elections, it tries to buy MLAs, tries to form a government through the back door. They did it in Delhi, too, but could not succeed. They could not buy AAP MLAs, could not topple the government by buying MLAs. So, now they have started their second conspiracy – to topple the elected government of Delhi.”

Showing confidence in the party’s voter-base, she said, “If elections are held today, in February or in two months after that, the AAP will win. Arvind Kejriwal will win because the people of Delhi love him…”

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that by attempting to impose President’s Rule, the BJP is accepting its defeat prior to the Assembly elections.

“The BJP should decide whether it wants to lose Delhi today or after four months… If BJP wants to lose Delhi Assembly elections now, then it should announce elections, we are not backing down,” he added. Delhi Assembly polls are set to be held early next year.

Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj added, “I think the BJP has conducted its election survey. The claims it was making earlier of defeating the AAP have been destroyed. They are now fully determined to take hold of Delhi by employing such tactics.”