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"Congress shielding its leaders"

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BJP threatens to stall House if status report on properties of politicians is not tabled

NEW DELHI: The issue of unauthorised constructions by politicians is causing a serious divide between councillors of the ruling Congress and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. So much so that now the BJP has warned that it would not allow the House or the Standing Committee to function if the Congress failed to present the status report on the properties of prominent politicians.

Alleging that Congress leaders in the civic body were trying to shield their party members including Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Congress president Ram Babu Sharma and some Delhi Ministers, BJP councillor Vijender Gupta said since he "exposed" Ms. Dikshit and her MP son Sandeep Dikshit regarding unauthorised constructions in their properties, he had been asking the Congress to reveal all details in the MCD House, but to no avail.

"In the past, thrice in the Standing Committee meetings and twice during the House proceedings, the Congress leaders in the MCD had promised to table all details of these leaders. But every time they refused to do so at the last moment, which clearly proves that they do not want to come out clean on the issue. Instead, they are misusing official machinery to shield them," said Mr. Gupta.

Informing that the special Standing Committee meeting called on February 10 to discuss the same issue had been postponed, Mr. Gupta said earlier also Mayor Satbir Singh had promised to table the report at the House meeting but refused to do so at the eleventh hour. "On one hand the innocent citizens of Delhi have been left to face the bulldozer, on the other the MCD and the Congress are busy shielding their own leaders", he alleged

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