Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi State President Saurabh Bhardaj has challenged Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for an open debate. He has invited the Chief Minister to have a face-to-face debate on issues related to Delhi on any media platform. Actually, Saurabh Bhardwaj made this challenge in response to a tweet made by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on the social media platform X. He said that leaving aside national issues, the problems of Delhi and issues related to its development should be discussed. Saurabh Bhardwaj in his tweet also mentioned seven alleged scams and invited the Chief Minister to join the debate to respond publicly on these issues.
Rekha Gupta gave challenge to Rahul Gandhi
Actually, this entire controversy started after Rahul Gandhi challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to debate publicly. In response, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta invited Rahul Gandhi for an open debate on the social media platform X. Rekha Gupta wrote in her post, “Rahul Gandhi ji, you have an open challenge. Come to Parliament and debate.” Along with this, he offered to discuss issues like the Emergency imposed in 1975, the Sikh riots of 1984 and the three terms of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Now waiting for the Chief Minister's reply
After this challenge of Saurabh Bhardwaj, a new political controversy has started in Delhi politics regarding open debate. On one hand, Rekha Gupta invited Rahul Gandhi for a debate in Parliament on national and historical issues, while on the other hand, Saurabh Bhardwaj has demanded to make the issues related to Delhi the center of debate.
Mentioned seven alleged scams
Saurabh Bhardwaj, in his tweet, mentioned seven alleged scams related to Delhi government and challenged the Chief Minister to debate on them. He alleged irregularities in different departments and schemes.
The seven issues raised by the AAP leader are as follows:
Health scam of Rs 842 crore: Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged scam of Rs 842 crore in the health department. He claims that most of the files related to this were destroyed in the current government.
Cycle Scam: He alleged that the government bought a bicycle worth Rs 4,000 for Rs 7,000 and did not even order an inquiry into the matter.
Rice Scam: Bhardwaj alleged that 5 crore kilograms of rice allotted for the poor of Delhi was sold. He claimed that an official took the name of Minister Sirsa in this matter, but no reply was given on it.
DJB Tender Scam: Alleging alleged rigging in the tender of Delhi Jal Board (DJB), he said that the contractors are already aware of the results of the tender.
PWD Road Scam: Questioning the quality of roads of the Public Works Department (PWD), he alleged that the roads are being broken by hand.
AQI Scam: Alleging alleged manipulation of Air Quality Index (AQI) data, he said water sprinkling was being done at AQI monitoring stations.
Text Book Scam: He alleged that poor quality textbooks were being provided against the terms of the tender.
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