Aaditya Thackeray Vows to Put Corrupt BMC Officers Behind Bars, Warns of 'Bulldozer' Motion
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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Aaditya Thackeray. (File picture/PTI)
Thackeray held Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde chargeable for numerous scams within the BMC
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray protested at BMC headquarters in Mumbai on Saturday towards alleged “corruption and unlawful practices" within the civic physique. The demonstrations started from the Metro Cinema Junction of the Dhobitalaw space of South Mumbai and noticed large-scale participation from former Shiv Sena mayors, corporators and celebration staff.
It’s been over a 12 months because the BMC home was dissolved and the BMC commissioner was appointed administrator.
In his speech, Thackeray held Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde chargeable for numerous scams within the BMC after Shinde shaped his authorities with the help of BJP.
Thackeray additionally criticised the present administrator of the BMC for neglecting the wants of the widespread Mumbaikars. He said, “We've a observe report of 25 years the place we relentlessly labored for the folks. In 1992, we remodeled the BMC’s price range from deficit to surplus, together with its financial savings. However for the previous 12 months, there have been no folks’s representatives on the BMC. Widespread Mumbaikars usually are not valued on the BMC, and officers usually are not fulfilling their tasks in the direction of them. As a substitute, the BMC appears to increase a crimson carpet invitation to builders and large contractors."
He additional questioned the Shinde Fadnavis Authorities’s resolution to type an SIT to research corruption allegations within the state civic physique. “However what in regards to the Thane, Nasik, Nagpur and Pune firms? Why hasn’t an SIT been shaped to research irregularities in these firms throughout the identical interval?" he requested.
In his 35-minute speech, Thackeray defined what he believes are the 4 scams that occurred underneath the Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis. Particularly concentrating on Shinde for awarding a street contract value Rs 6,080 crore to 5 contractors who're allegedly near him, Thackeray defined to the gang how the present authorities ensured that these contractors would obtain over 50 % profit over the contract value.
“After I initially raised this situation, they gave me imprecise solutions. However later I uncovered their plan to make an advance cost of Rs 600 crore to those contractors. That’s when this authorities and their leaders began making private allegations towards me. Within the historical past of BMC, it has by no means occurred that the company made an advance cost earlier than the completion of the work. It was solely stopped due to us," mentioned Thackeray, taking credit score for stopping the alleged looting of BMC funds.
He additionally claimed the state govt artificially created gravel scarcity simply to profit one personal firm who’s homeowners are mentioned to be near the present govt. “With the assistance of income division they compelled the gravel making small firms to cease the manufacturing and promote their merchandise to at least one firm solely. This they did in order that present infrastructure works of BMC will get affected.”
He additionally spoke in regards to the alleged avenue furnishings rip-off of BMC wherein the company had ordered 40,000 avenue bench and 10,000 flowerpots for town.
“BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha raised this situation and indicated in his letter that there could also be a doable rip-off within the procurement of these things. Nevertheless, he was requested to go gradual. Later, MLA Rais Shaikh and I requested comparable questions on this situation, however we obtained very totally different solutions. This reveals how the BMC is functioning with out folks’s representatives to maintain a examine," Thackeray mentioned.
Thackeray additionally reacted to the current incident wherein the BMC demolished the Shiv Sena Shakha (Unit workplace) within the Bandra space. Aditya held CM Shinde chargeable for the transfer and mentioned, “All of you've gotten seen how hammers have been used to interrupt the picture frames of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray through the demolition of the Shiv Sena UBT Workplace. Let me inform them that after we type our authorities within the state once more, we'll use bulldozers towards them. We won't spare these BMC officers who're looting the cash of Mumbaikars."
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