Chandigarh-The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chandigarh slammed the Governor for his recent remarks about free water and free parking facility in Chandigarh and said that it is very disappointing that he didn't even consider the files before rejecting them.
Addressing a press conference from the party office in Chandigarh on Wednesday, Chandigarh Mayor Kuldeep Kumar said that just two days ago we held a press conference and informed you that free parking facility and 20, 000 liters of free water will be given to the people in Chandigarh. This decision of ours received a lot of love from the public as it came as a great financial relief for the common people. We were hopeful that such public welfare decisions will be approved by the local secretary of government and the governor without any issue. soon it would be officially approved.
He said that but it is very unfortunate that the BJP's nominated people do not like the decisions taken in public interest. Without even seeing the files of these agendas and without discussing anything, it is sad that he didn't even see the need to discuss such important public matters before commenting on them.
The mayor added that this dictatorial attitude of the governor is not even surprising. He just flatly refused to even think about the matter because BJP's nominated governor has no respect for the elected representatives of the people. Due to the dictatorial nature of the Bharatiya Janata Party their leaders are unable to show any respect towards our democracy and elected representatives.
He said that on the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, LG in Delhi stops the files of public interest works of the Arvind Kejriwal government there. But we are giving free water in Delhi. If it is possible in Delhi to give free water to such large population then it is totally possible in Chandigarh too. We have a proper plan but the governor is rejecting it Eve before the file reaches his table. This shows how public welfare works trouble them.
He said that they spend crores of rupees on functions, on hosting the central ministers, on facilities to the governor and MP Chandigarh but when it comes to facilitating the common people suddenly they have no money. He added that they burden the common people with all kinds of taxes and fees then enjoy luxurious lifestyle on that money.
He said that these people (BJP) are only focused on the profit of their capitalist friends. They want to give huge financial benefits to these friends by burdening the common people with paid parking facility. They do not even want to discuss the interest of the general public. The money collected from the paid parkings goes to the pockets of some selected people, it is not used for the development or for the people. He said that they are not worried about the revenue of Chandigarh, their only objection is that now people's money won't go into the pockets of their friends.
In this press conference AAP Chandigarh incharge Dr Sunny Ahluwalia, Chandigarh Congress President HS Lucky, AAP Councillor Yogesh Dhingra and Congress Councillor Gurpreet Singh were also present with the Mayor.