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NEW DELHI: The battle for the credit is on between the Delhi government and the Central government, the bone of contention this time is the ‘Van Mahotsav’ under which the former is planting trees in the national capital.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government is holding a 15-day event of planting 1 lakh saplings in the city. The event was supposed to be concluded on July 25, Sunday, at Asola Bhati Mines. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to attend the event.
However, on the day of the event on Sunday, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai blamed Bharatiya Janata Party BJP) for hijacking the event with the use of the police force.
“The BJP tore down the pre-existing banners and posters of the LG and the CM that had been put up by the Environment Department and replaced them with those of the PM’s,” Rai said on Sunday.
Rai also alleged that Delhi Police, under the direction of the Prime Minister’s Office, is now guarding the venue. He further alleged that Police have threatened to arrest anyone who tries to remove the pictures of PM Modi.
Rai said that AAP party leaders including CM Kejriwal will not attend this event.
सरकार ने 2014 से अबतक लगभग 2 करोड़ 10 लाख पौधे दिल्ली में लगाए हैं। आज दिल्ली का ग्रीन क्षेत्र स्टैण्डर्ड 20% से बढ़कर 23% से ज्यादा हो चुका है।
इस वर्ष 35 लाख पौधे लगाने के लक्ष्य को पूरा करने के लिए सभी विभागों के साथ मिलकर अभियान जारी रखेंगे। https://t.co/YQycaRvWse
— Gopal Rai (@AapKaGopalRai) July 24, 2022
“First they arrested Satyendar Jain and now building up a fake case against Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. We are not going to be scared and will fight back,” Rai said while alleging that the BJP-led central government is hounding the AAP party.
However, sources from the LG office said, “The program of Tree Plantation corresponding with the ‘Van Mahotsav’, was to be undertaken by the LG and CM jointly. A mutual decision in this regard had been taken on July 4, 2022.”
“It was a mutually agreed upon program involving various dignitaries, departments and agencies, under the overall aegis of the ‘Van Mahotsav’ program of the government of India that has been running for decades and is organized by respective state governments,” the source said.
