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You have no 'moral right' to question us on parliamentary secretary: AAP tells BJP, Congress

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today claimed that neither BJP nor Congress has any 'moral right' to question them on the issue of parliamentary secretary because these two parties had deliberately changed the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act to provide facilit

India TV Politics Desk India TV Politics Desk Published on: June 17, 2016 18:56 IST
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New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today claimed that neither BJP nor Congress has any 'moral right' to question them on the issue of parliamentary secretary because these two parties had deliberately changed the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act to provide facilities to their councillors.

The party further claimed that the standing committees of the civic bodies had unilaterally decided to extend the facilities of transportation and offices to certain councillors which amounted to monetary graft.

“Congress and BJP have no moral right to question us on parliamentary secretaries, who are not paid a single paisa, unlike the provisions for their councillors. According to the DMC Act only mayors are entitled to such benefits.

“They illegally created the posts of Leader of the House and Leader of Opposition, which have no existence in the DMC Act, in extending the facilities. The Chairman of the Standing Committee was also a beneficiary of that,” AAP’s Delhi Convenor Dilip Pandey told reporters.

AAP said since the benefits were monetary in nature, the Standing Committee had no power to amend the Act and any such change had to be approved by the Lt Governor and the Union Home Ministry.

(With PTI inputs)

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