Aam Aadmi Party gheraoes BJP headquarters after MCD sells Novelty Cinema land worth Rs 200 crore for Rs 34 crore

AAP's National Secretary Pankaj Gupta stressed that the BJP is aware that it is going to badly lose in the upcoming MCD elections, so they want to fill their pocket by selling public properties through the MCD.

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday (August 19) said that the BJP has completely ransacked the MCD under its rule and led it towards bankruptcy. They said the BJP recently sold off a prime property worth 200 crore rupees in the Chandni Chowk area for a meager 34 crore rupees. The land in question was the site of the famous Novelty Cinema and was one of the most high-profile properties of the area. To protest this “daylight robbery”, the Aam Aadmi Party gheraoed the BJP headquarters today. AAP's National Secretary Pankaj Gupta stressed that the BJP is aware that it is going to badly lose in the upcoming MCD elections, so they want to fill their pocket by selling public properties through the MCD and that the people of Delhi want facilities to be provided in MCD in the same way that the Arvind Kejriwal government has provided electricity and water to the people of Delhi. Leader of Opposition of North MCD Vikas Goel said that BJP has ransacked the MCD, led it to bankruptcy after committing "scam over scam". Leader of Opposition of South MCD Manoj Tyagi said that BJP has estimated its defeat to be certain in MCD elections and thus sold Novelty Cinema land worth Rs 200 crores for just Rs 34 crores to fill its own pockets.