The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today held BJP responsible for the fire at the Bhalswa landfill site, saying the blaze was triggered "intentionally" to fail the odd-even car rationing scheme.
AAP's Delhi secretary Saurabh Bharadwaj also accused the BJP-controlled civic body of not taking adequate steps to douse the fire at the landfill site, which broke out today morning.
"The landfill sites are under the control of the BJP controlled MCDs. We think that the fire was triggered with an intention to fail the odd-even scheme. They are aware that if the odd-even scheme fail, it will reflect badly on the Delhi government
"There have been fires occurring at the landfill sites of Delhi but today's one is bigger than normal ones," Bharadwaj said.
He said the National Green Tribunal and the Delhi Pollution Control Board had earlier sent notices to the civic bodies for violations and not adhering to procedures in disposing the garbage.
AAP's Delhi unit convenor Dilip Pandey also accused the BJP of triggering the fire. He said the fire incident was nothing but playing with the lives of Delhiities.
"Modi ji, your hatred for Delhi is not right. Just to fail the odd-even scheme, the dump yard has been set on fire. This is nothing but playing with lives of Delhiities through MCD. This is not only wrong, but also inhuman," Pandey tweeted.
In another tweet, he said, "BJP stooping (to) the lowest in Delhi to fail #OddEvenDobara, MCD burning dump yards, creating health hazard.
