Delhi government today charged that "huge corruption" in the BJP-led municipal corporations was the reason why they are not able to release the salaries of sanitation workers.
Accusing BJP of doing "dirty politics" over the issue, Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra also claimed there is a "conspiracy" to make Delhiites reside in the middle of garbage.
Even as a section of sanitation workers today went on a strike seeking "immediate" release of funds for payment of their salaries and arrears, the minister said that all dues have been cleared by Delhi government to the municipal bodies.
"There has been corruption of crores of rupees in the municipal corporations. That is why they are not able to even release the salaries of their staff despite receiving all their dues from the government and taxes from people," Mishra said at a press conference here.
Scores of municipality sanitation workers today staged a protest outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence over their demands.
Saying that on January 15, the commissioners of all three corporations had in a written submission admitted that all dues had been released to them by the government, the minister sought to know "where the money given to the MCDs is going?"
"When the government has given the entire amount for the current financial year meant to be spent on the salaries of employees, why has it not reached them?" he asked.
Mishra charged that a "conspiracy is being hatched to defame Delhi before the entire country and the whole world".
"The senior leadership of BJP has hatched a conspiracy to make the people of Delhi reside in the middle of a garbage heap. BJP is doing dirty politics on this issue," he claimed.
