BJP says govt ‘not serious’, may boycott meeting

NEW DELHI: Tuesday’s all-party meeting at chief minister Arvind Kejrwal’s residence to discuss the sealing drive will be the first such gathering at his home after the alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAS last month.

The Delhi BJP is likely to boycott the meeting. Leader of opposition Vijender Gupta said the AAP government was “not serious” about solving the problems of traders.

Gupta said that in January, he with Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and other leaders had gone to the CM’S residence to discuss the sealing drives but they “were manhandled by AAP volunteers.” The AAP had denied the charge.

“We have learnt from the previous incidents of manhandling with the BJP delegation and the assault on the chief secretary that anybody visiting the CM’S residence should wear a helmet. He is just playing politics and doing drama on the sealing issue,” Gupta said when asked about the BJP’S response to the CM’S invitation.

Without confirming if the BJP would accept the CM’S invitation, Gupta said that before calling any all-party meeting, Kejriwal should answer why did he not intervene in the Supreme Court in this connection and why did he not meet the monitoring committee overseeing the sealing drive and find a solution. The BJP leader asked why was the government not notifying the 351 roads for mixed land and commercial use even when it was approved by the lieutenant governor on February 8.

Tiwari, to whom the invite was sent, is out of the country.