City Congress president Sanjay Nirupam on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking dissolution of the Shiv Sena-BJP ruled BMC for “large-scale corruption” in the civic body and a probe.
Nirupam’s demand comes in the wake of BJP MP Kirit Somaiya’s veiled criticism of Shiv Sena, in which he alleged that the BMC was in the “grip of a powerful mafia” being controlled by a “sahib” from Bandra.
Talking to reporters here, Nirupam, the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) chief, claimed, “You name it and you will find the series of corruption cases in each department of the BMC. Scams in nullah desilting scam, road repairing, dumping grounds, fire brigade, waste management...all these scams are ultimately jeopardising the life of a common Mumbaikar.”
Referring to Somaiya’s remark, he said, “Mr Fadnavis, now your own party MP Somaiya affirmed that mafia raj is prevailing in BMC, which we have been pointing out since long.” —PTI
