People are suffering while AAP Govt busy fighting: Maken

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 27 2015 | 7:57 PM IST
Branding the AAP government as a 'ladne aur dharne wali sarkar', Delhi Congress President Ajay Maken today said the people are facing various problems while it is busy fighting, either with another state or with the Centre or among themselves.
"The AAP government is busy in fighting while the people of Delhi are facing different problems. Sometimes they fight with Haryana, sometime with the Centre, and when they do not find anyone they fight among themselves.
"It's a 'ladne aur dharne wali sarkar (government of fightings and dharna)'," Maken said after submitting a memorandum to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung seeking his intervention in the farmers issues and the problems of municipal corporations.
"I would suggest Kejriwal to desist from fightings and dharna and start work as the people of Delhi elected his party with high hopes," he said.
On the crisis in the civic agencies, Maken said, "...BJP is saying it is not getting cooperation of Delhi government but it is (Union Finance Minister) Arun Jaitley who effected reduction of around Rs 800-900 crore in the budget of the three municipal corporations of East, North and South Delhi and now the AAP government is going to reduce it further."
"How will the safai karamcharis and employees get salaries?" he asked and said the reduced budget of Jaitley must not be further cut down by the AAP government.
"Many state governments like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh claimed compensation from the Centre to provide relief to the farmers in their states, but the Delhi government has not even done any survey of the crop loss or asked for compensation from the central government.
"Around 19,000 hectare of Rabi crop was totally devastated in Delhi in hailstorm and since the Delhi government is not asking for compensation from the Centre, how will it compensate the affected farmers. We hope the state government will come out of its slumber," Maken said.
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First Published: Mar 27 2015 | 7:57 PM IST

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