BJP Extorting Money From Traders In Delhi, Alleges Manish Sisodia

The BJP extorted money from traders and imposed conversion charges arbitrarily, but it was unable to provide a proper parking facility in the past 15 years, he alleged while addressing people in Krishna Nagar.

Ahead of the municpal polls here, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Wednesday accused the BJP of extorting money from traders in Krishna Nagar in east Delhi and said Arvind Kejriwal will help them get rid of this "curse".

Mr Sisodia, who is the deputy chief minister of Delhi, held marches in various wards of Laxmi Nagar, Krishna Nagar and Patparganj. He also interacted with people on civic issues faced by them.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls are being seen as a high stakes contest with the Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress eyeing to wrest it from the BJP which ruled it for 15 years.

"Water accumulates on streets and causes many diseases, but the BJP has completely ignored all this over the years. The BJP has never considered garbage management as their duty in the past five years," Mr Sisodia said, adding that in most of the colonies drains were choked and overflowing.