Delhi BJP expels three councillors for 6 years over graft charges
New Delhi Sep 19 PTI Cracking the whip over complaints of corruption Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta on Sunday expelled three municipal councilors from the party for six years and said more heads will roll if they are found involved in financial irregularitiesGupta termed the action coming months ahead of the three municipal corporations early next year as BJPs zero tolerance policyNot just councilors but officers of the municipal corporations MCDs will also not be spared if they are found involved in corruption Gupta told PTIHe said people should make videos if anyone extorts money from them in the name of MCDs and provide it to Delhi BJP so that FIR can be registered against themThe councillors who have been removed from the party over graft charges are Sadulajab councillor Sanjay Thakur in South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC New Ashok Nagar councillor Rajni Babloo Pandey in East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC and Mukherjee Nagar councillor Pooja Madan in North Delhi Municipal Corporation according to the orders issued by Delhi BJP presidentThe move comes ahead of the civic polls early next year where corruption and mismanagement in municipalities is likely to be the main issueYou Sanjay Thakur are informed that due to numerous complaints of corruption against you you are removed from the primary membership of the party for six years You were many times made aware of this and asked to mend your corrupt behaviour but to no avail You are removed from the party for six years with immediate effect the expulsion letter issued to SDMC councillor Sanjay Thakur by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta saidSimilar expulsion letters were also issued to EDMC councillor Rajni Babloo Pandey and North MCD councillor Pooja Madan Calls made by PTI to seek response of the expelled councillors on the development went unansweredThe three civic bodies North East and South are ruled by the BJP while the city government is headed by the Aam Aadmi Party AAP The AAP is the primary opposition party in three MCDs The civic bodies are set to undergo election early 2022 where opposition parties AAP and Congress will corner the BJP over the issue of burgeoning corruption In 2017 civic polls the BJP has not given tickets to any of the sitting councillors due to corruption allegations against them In last one year many AAP leaders including CM Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia had raised the issues of corruption and mismanagement in civic bodies They had held that corrupt practices by BJP councillors and officials as responsible for poor financial situation of the three municipalities AAP leaders had alleged that many BJP councillors were involved in extortion and other corrupt practices in all the three civic bodies In April this year senior AAP leader and MLA from Greater Kailash Saurabh Bharadwaj had accused BJPs Saidulajab councillor Sanjay Thakur of being involved in corruptionBharadwaj had said that Thakur has a nexus with local builders and extorts money from common people when they try to do any type of construction in the areaSimilarly in August last year senior AAP leader Durgesh Pathak had accused New Ashok Nagar councillor Rajni Babloo Pandey and her kin of extracting money from people for illegally building houses in the area The party had also released an audio recording between a builder and the councillors brother-in-law where a man was purportedly heard saying that he had given money to civic officials and also to councillors brother-in-law but still the construction was stalledThese allegations were however denied by the councillor as baseless PTI AKM TDS TDS
New Delhi Sep 19 PTI Cracking the whip over complaints of corruption Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta on Sunday expelled three municipal councilors from the party for six years and said more heads will roll if they are found involved in financial irregularitiesGupta termed the action coming months ahead of the three municipal corporations early next year as BJPs zero tolerance policyNot just councilors but officers of the municipal corporations MCDs will also not be spared if they are found involved in corruption Gupta told PTIHe said people should make videos if anyone extorts money from them in the name of MCDs and provide it to Delhi BJP so that FIR can be registered against themThe councillors who have been removed from the party over graft charges are Sadulajab councillor Sanjay Thakur in South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC New Ashok Nagar councillor Rajni Babloo Pandey in East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC and Mukherjee Nagar councillor Pooja Madan in North Delhi Municipal Corporation according to the orders issued by Delhi BJP presidentThe move comes ahead of the civic polls early next year where corruption and mismanagement in municipalities is likely to be the main issueYou Sanjay Thakur are informed that due to numerous complaints of corruption against you you are removed from the primary membership of the party for six years You were many times made aware of this and asked to mend your corrupt behaviour but to no avail You are removed from the party for six years with immediate effect the expulsion letter issued to SDMC councillor Sanjay Thakur by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta saidSimilar expulsion letters were also issued to EDMC councillor Rajni Babloo Pandey and North MCD councillor Pooja Madan Calls made by PTI to seek response of the expelled councillors on the development went unansweredThe three civic bodies North East and South are ruled by the BJP while the city government is headed by the Aam Aadmi Party AAP The AAP is the primary opposition party in three MCDs The civic bodies are set to undergo election early 2022 where opposition parties AAP and Congress will corner the BJP over the issue of burgeoning corruption In 2017 civic polls the BJP has not given tickets to any of the sitting councillors due to corruption allegations against them In last one year many AAP leaders including CM Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia had raised the issues of corruption and mismanagement in civic bodies They had held that corrupt practices by BJP councillors and officials as responsible for poor financial situation of the three municipalities AAP leaders had alleged that many BJP councillors were involved in extortion and other corrupt practices in all the three civic bodies In April this year senior AAP leader and MLA from Greater Kailash Saurabh Bharadwaj had accused BJPs Saidulajab councillor Sanjay Thakur of being involved in corruptionBharadwaj had said that Thakur has a nexus with local builders and extorts money from common people when they try to do any type of construction in the areaSimilarly in August last year senior AAP leader Durgesh Pathak had accused New Ashok Nagar councillor Rajni Babloo Pandey and her kin of extracting money from people for illegally building houses in the area The party had also released an audio recording between a builder and the councillors brother-in-law where a man was purportedly heard saying that he had given money to civic officials and also to councillors brother-in-law but still the construction was stalledThese allegations were however denied by the councillor as baseless PTI AKM TDS TDS
