BJP, AAP in blame game over fire

New Delhi, December 8

An intense political blame game erupted after the Anaj Mandi fire tragedy, with the BJP holding the Kejriwal government responsible for the incident and the AAP alleging that the saffron party was doing politics over dead bodies.

The Congress has accused both BJP, which is power in all three municipal corporations here, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the worst fire tragedy in the city. Overhead wires were dangling in the area and despite repeated complaints in this regard, government agencies did not take any action, claimed Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari.

Tiwari along with Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri visited Anaj Mandi and the hospitals where the injured are admitted. The Congress blamed the AAP government and the BJP-led municipal corporations for the incident.

“The (Arvind) Kejriwal government is responsible for this. The MCDs come under the BJP. They are also equally responsible for it,” Delhi Congress Committee president Shubhash Chopra said.

Tiwari, on behalf of the BJP, announced Rs 5 lakh to the families of each of the deceased and Rs 25,000 for treatment of the injured. “This settlement should not be here, they have been given alternative places, but the Delhi government has not shifted them,” Union Minister Puri alleged. Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh said it was “shameful” that the BJP was indulging in politics over dead bodies. — PTI