AAP and BJP lock horns over house tax reduction
‘BJP lying to Delhiites by saying MCD reduced tax, licence fees’
◗ AAP’S NDMC Leader of Opposition had written to the NDMC commissioner seeking the accountability of BJP’s claims, who in turn refuted all the claims saying nothing as such has been implemented
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj, on Thursday, said that Bharatiya Janata Party is lying to the people of Delhi by saying that the MCD has reduced house tax and several licence fees, but in reality they haven’t.
AAP’s NDMC Leader of Opposition had written to the NDMC commissioner seeking the accountability of Bharatiya Janata Party’s claims, who in turn refuted all the claims saying nothing as such has been implemented.
Mr Bhardwaj said that the BJP-ruled MCD is functioning like a Khap Panchayat and is selling lies to people. He said that BJP increased several licence fees by 17-25 times last year and is now putting up posters saying they’ve reduced them when they have actually done nothing.
He added that BJP had put up such posters all over Delhi before the Lok Sabha elections too but made people pay the fees after the elections.
Mr Bhardwaj posed a question to Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, asking why he was putting up posters to congratulate himself for reducing taxes in Delhi when in reality the taxes have not been rolled back.
Meanwhile, refuting the claims Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that again Mr Bhardwaj’s statement has come out as a proof of his politically immature conduct.
“His statement that BJP-ruled North DMC has misled people on the withdrawal of hiked trade license fees etc. apart from property tax waiver is another proof of his political and administrative immaturity,” he said.
“North DMC’s general House and standing committee have already approved the withdrawal of hiked charges and property tax waiver which are now awaiting notification by the administrative wing. Such notifications take a few weeks’ time and are likely to happen anytime next week,” he added.