After his overnight stay at the Timarpur jhuggi in Indira Camp here, Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari listened to issues being faced by residents and apprised them of the welfare-oriented policies of the BJP-led Centre, the party said in a statement.
The North-East Delhi MP also assured them that their problems, ranging from scarcity of drinking water to power tariffs in addition to law and order issues, will be solved as soon as possible.
“Two children from the basti apprised him of the bad condition of a temple and park in the middle of the basti,” the statement read.
It added that Mr. Tiwari called the police officers concerned and directed them to solve problems related to law and order, in addition to assuring the residents that he would write to the administrative officers concerned regarding other problems.
‘Common man forgotten’
The Delhi BJP chief also took the opportunity to attack Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for having started his political career from jhuggis but now ‘forgetting the common man’ who helped him come to power.
“It is unfortunate that even after three-and-a-half years of the Kejriwal government, there is no drinking water for the residents of this jhuggi cluster, which came up decades ago, but two wine shops have been opened... The residents’ complaints about increased power tariff expose the claims of Mr. Kejriwal, who had promised 50% rebate in power tariffs,” Mr Tiwari was quoted as saying.
The North-East Delhi MP further said that he will take the initiative of implementing future schemes of the Centre to improve the condition of the jhuggi cluster and also write to the officers of the Delhi government for development of the area.
“The dream of Antyodaya of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay will become a reality only when people living in these bastis are connected with the mainstream of development,” he added.
