The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Kalkaji, Atishi, on Tuesday blamed Bharatiya Janata Party for the Mundka fire incident which claimed 27 lives and injured 19 people. 

Slamming the BJP-led Municipal Corporation, Atishi said, “People all over Delhi as well as the country are curious to know who is behind this tragic fire and how is it that unauthorised construction and illegal activity at such a large scale had been taking place and no one dared to question or take action against it.”

“The building in Mundka  that was completely gutted by fire was situated on a stretch of land in Lal Dora Extension, where no one is permitted to run commercial businesses as per the law. Despite this, how were commercial activities operating through this particular building? ,” she questioned

“Every incident of unauthorised construction in Delhi takes place with the blessings of BJP councillors and leaders, where they arrive to extort money and pocket their share with the blink of an eye. Similar is the case for illegal commercial activities which are enabled and permitted by the BJP-ruled MCD after they extort their desired amount of money,” she said.

“The Mundka building is a prime example of BJP-led MCD’s blatant misgovernance and corruption. We have documents enough to prove that BJP-ruled North MCD permitted commercial activities to operate from the building in Mundka – the owner of the building, Manish Lakra, was given this licence despite the fact that the law states that no commercial businesses can run in the Lal Dora Extension,” she claimed.

“How did the BJP-ruled MCD issue this licence to Manish Lakra when it was strictly illegal to do so? The answer to this is clear, as the BJP only has two goals; first extortion, and second to protect and promote the criminals and goons,” said Atishi.