‘What have you done for MCD in 20 years?’

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has challenged the BJP and the Congress to name at least one ‘outstanding’ work that they executed while they were in power in the city’s municipal corporations during the past two decades.

In a video released on Thursday, which will be used during the campaign for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, Kejriwal told residents that maintaining sanitation and cleanliness in the city was the responsibility of the Bjp-ruled municipal corporations but it has ‘failed’ miserably on that front. “Name one state government of the BJP or Congress that has done similar work in two years as the AAP government. The BJP and Congress have in MCD for the past two decades. Let them name even one work that they have done, which can be termed outstanding. You (people) also think about it and recall one,” Kejriwal is heard saying in the video.

In the about 14-minute video, which also talks about the Aam Aadmi Party government’s achievements, the Delhi CM called upon the city residents to ensure a clean sweep for his party in the upcoming civic polls to ensure a ‘corruption-free MCD and garbage free Delhi’. Elections to the three corporations are scheduled to be held in the city in April, but dates for it are yet to be announced by the state election commission. The MCD, which was trifurcated in 2012, has been under BJP rule for the past decade. The differing leadership has led to several clashes between the two parties.

Referring to the frequent strikes by sanitation staff in the city, Kejriwal accused the BJP and Congress of ruining the MCDS by overlooking corruption.