‘BJP accountable for mess Pune city is in, MPs did nothing’: Mohan Joshi

For the last 10 years, Pune residents have elected BJP candidates as MPs but they never took any concrete steps for development, Joshi alleged. “In 2017, 100 corporators of BJP were elected but they were more engrossed in tender processes and in filling their coffers. Their Smart City project is only on paper,” Joshi said.

Instead of Pune becoming a Smart City it has become a city of improper planning. Encroachments on river beds, and lack of boundary walls near the river bed have been posing a formidable danger for people every monsoon, he said.

“Under BJP rule, corruption is the order of the day. There was no coordination between the district administration, municipal administration and irrigation department. Every year crores of rupees are spent on cleaning nallahs. Whether contractors really do their work is never checked. The result is waterlogging and flooding. BJP is responsible for the suffering people had to undergo in the last two days,” said Joshi. There was also no coordination between Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar and Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Co-operation Murlidhar Mohol, he added.