Bharadwaj Challenges BJP: Where Does the Party Get Its Ad Money?

New Delhi [March 30, New Delhi (ANI)] The Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi Convenor Saurabh Bharadwaj made a remark about the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, questioning how the Delhi The government has allocated money for a full-page ad following the statements made by the Chief Minister. Rekha Gupta charged the latter with draining the nation's central bank reserves.

When discussions arose about providing Rs 2,500 to the citizens, Delhi , CM Rekha Gupta said that AAP emptied the coffers of Delhi and left, but today full-page advertisements have been published in all the newspapers of Delhi . This means that you (BJP) have a lot of money," AAP 's Delhi convenor told ANI.

Critiquing the BJP and questioning whether the party is committed solely to campaigning against AAP Bharadwaj went on, "The BJP now needs to clarify if they generally supported campaigning or opposed it altogether, as their dispute seemed to be solely with AAP 's campaigning?"

Previously on a post on X, Bharadwaj shared images of the advertisements. Delhi government's recent campaign of 'Viksit Delhi ,' posted on various newspapers today.

https://x.com/Saurabh_MLAgk/status/1906220899755258283

"Full-page advertisements in all newspapers. A few days ago, the Chief Minister was saying that the government treasury is empty. Now no one will make any noise? Now no judge will be troubled?" Bharadwaj's post read.

On March 29, the Chief Minister Rekha Gupta , during a discussion on the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit report on the Delhi The Transport Corporation (DTC) claimed that DTC experienced a loss of Rs 70,471 crore during the tenure of the former Aam Aadmi Party administration. AAP ) government.

"They turned a profitable department into a loss-making one. DTC suffered a loss of Rs 70,471 crore. There was an operational loss of Rs 14,198 crore. Buses were run on only 468 routes out of 814. Money was spent only on advertisements. Even the Rs 233 crore received from the Centre was not spent. There used to be 4344 buses, but during their tenure, the number reduced to 3937," Delhi CM said.

She further alleged that IDFC, a DTC partner agency, had advised the Delhi government to purchase its shares.

"They did not accept, and IDFC sold the shares worth 95 crores to a private company for just 10 crores. Did the government not have even 10 crores? Today, the value of DTC is only 20 crores. They crippled DTC. Today 4 thousand bus drivers are being paid salaries without work because there are no buses," she said.

CM Rekha Gupta mentioned that the CAG report ought to be forwarded to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

She added, "We will not only bring DTC into profit but will also make DTC a revenue generator. We will issue cards for free travel to women. Today, there is no data on how many women are travelling for free." (ANI)

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