New Delhi: Scores of BJP activists led by Delhi state President Vijay Goel on Friday courted arrest during a protest outside Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence in New Delhi against government's alleged failure to provide houses to four lakh slum dwellers. The activists broke the barricade and reached right in front of the Chief Minister's residence shouting slogans and demanding Dikshit's resignation.
They later courted arrest and were taken to Tuglaq Road police station from where they were released. Addressing the protesters, Goel said that four lakh slum dwellers had filled forms under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojna paying Rs 100 each but not a single person got a flat under the scheme. "Similarly, this government had claimed that 44,720 flats will be built under JNNURM scheme but only 10,684 flats were actually built and barely 85 flats were allotted to
beneficiaries.
"The recent CAG reported has unearthed widespread irregularities and corruption in electricity, water, transport and health departments. Water and power has become dearer under this government. Sheila Dikshit has lost the moral right to rule and she should resign from her post owing responsibility for all this misgovernance," said Goel....
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