“When Will Adverts Come?”: Gautam Gambhir Targets Arvind Kejriwal On Delhi Rains

New Delhi:

BJP chief Gautam Gambhir took a swipe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, hours after heavy rain led to flooding of some roads within the metropolis and left at least two people dead.

Posting images of individuals, automobiles and buses wading and crawling by waterlogged roads of the nationwide capital, Mr Gambhir stated: “I’ve head the Delhi authorities is planning a ‘rain water harvesting’ programme for public roads, like London and Paris”.

“When will the ads for these come, Chief Ministerji?” the East Delhi MP added, reigniting a long-standing row between the BJP and Delhi’s ruling AAP over cash spent by the latter on promoting the success of its welfare insurance policies and programmes.

An hour later Mr Kejriwal responded, urging all political leaders to “come collectively and fulfil our tasks”. He additionally identified that authorities sources have been already strained as a result of coronavirus disaster; Delhi is the third worst-affected area with 1.21 lakh instances.

“This 12 months, all companies – Delhi authorities and Municipal Company – are engaged in combating coronavirus. They’ve confronted many difficulties because of this. This isn’t the time guilty one another. We should come collectively and fulfil our tasks,” the Chief Minister tweeted.

Mr Kejriwal assured Delhi residents that his authorities would clear waterlogged roads as quickly potential. Shortly after he posted one other tweet, this time with a photograph of the Minto Bridge – which had been flooded so badly a bus was stranded – now cleared.

“Waterlogging has been faraway from Minto Bridge. I’ve been in touch with companies and am monitoring (the scenario). Wherever water is collected, it’s being pumped instantly,” he stated.

Undeterred by the Chief Minister’s response, Mr Gambhir hit again, writing: “Chief Minister, please inform individuals – what comes below the Delhi authorities aside from the promoting division?”

In November final 12 months, because the centre and Delhi governments went back-and-forth over extreme air air pollution ranges within the metropolis, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar accused the AAP of spending Rs 1,500 crore on ads as a substitute of utilizing it to handle the issue.

Mr Kejriwal defended his occasion, saying solely Rs 40 crore had been spent, and that too “… on consciousness about dengue so not one individual has died this 12 months”. “The centre lies so much we cannot believe anything they are saying,” the Chief Minister claimed.