BJP-led NDMC demolishes newly-built 'mohalla clinic'; AAP govt fumes

A "newly-built" mohalla clinic of the AAP government in Karol Bagh was Thursday allegedly demolished by the BJP-led north corporation, prompting a sharp reaction from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The move by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) comes ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi on May 12.

North Delhi Mayor Adesh Gupta claimed the action was taken as the clinic at Har Dayal Singh Road in Karol Bagh area was being set-up "without any NOC (no-objection certificate)".

The move drew prompt reaction from AAP chief and Delhi chief minister Kejriwal who took to Twitter to express his displeasure.

"People shud remember this when they go out to vote in Delhi. Del govt constructed this mohalla clinic. BJP led MCD demolished it today (sic)," he wrote on the micro-blogging site, while sharing the tweet of a senior official.

The senior government official had also shared pictures of the mohalla clinic site where the action was taken.

"Shamefully criminal & blatantly illegal : North MCD demolishes a newly constructed Mohalla Clinic at Har Dayal Singh Road, Karol Bagh on a PWD Road. North MCD had no jurisdiction, no notice given & a primary health public facility destroyed for no reason," the official tweeted.

Gupta countered the allegation and claimed, "Once the government had even tried to set up a mohalla clinic in my ward in a park."