The Mayors of three BJP ruled municipal corporations today accused Kejriwal government of convening the special session of assembly on the sanitation issue to "politically pressurize and malign" them even while "not releasing" their pending funds.
"The government is convening a special session of the assembly on the issue of sanitation to politically pressurize the MCDs and we will not allow attempts to malign the civic bodies," Mayors said at a joint press conference.
The government has been convening the special sessions frequently on one issue or another just to "deviate" attention of the people from its "failures", said Sanjeev Nayyar, mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) mayor Satya Sharma alleged that the government has yet "not implemented" the sanitation bye laws submitted by the municipal corporations adding that sanitation workers strike a few months back was caused due to its "failure" to timely release the funds.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) leader Subhash Arya alleged "it has become the "habit of the government to create problems in releasing the funds. The government by neglecting the recommendations of the last finance commission is not releasing global share to the MCDs."
The municipal corporations have strived hard in waste disposal and desilting of drains while PWD has "not taken up desilting work seriously" which could lead to water logging in Monsoon season, South Delhi mayor Shyam Sharma said.
He also suggested Delhi government to "avoid intervention" in the functioning of MCDs.
Delhi government has ordered crackdown against civic bodies over "lack of cleanliness" following which district magistrates have issued 178 conditional orders seeking explanation from the civic officials and warned of legal action against them.
A two day special session of the Delhi Assembly starting on June 9 has also been convened by the government to discuss the working of the three municipal corporations with respect to sanitation.
