This Article is From Apr 18, 2016

Unmoved By AAP's Rose, BJP's Vijay Goel Breaks Odd-Even Rule As Promised

Unmoved By AAP's Rose, BJP's Vijay Goel Breaks Odd-Even Rule As Promised

AAP Minister Gopal Rai offered a rose to BJP's Vijay Goel and requested him not to obstruct Odd-Even.

Highlights

  • Delhi Police fine BJP MP for driving a car with an odd number plate today
  • Mr Goel wants Delhi government to disclose amount spent on odd-even ads
  • Second round of odd-even scheme began Friday, is on till April 30
New Delhi: Vijay Goel, BJP lawmaker in the Rajya Sabha and senior leader of the party in Delhi, was fined by the Delhi Police this morning as he drove to Parliament House in a car with an odd number plate.

Mr Goel has protested against the Arvind Kejriwal government's Odd-Even experiment now on in Delhi and had promised on the weekend to break the rule. Before he set off from his Ashoka Road home, Mr Goel had a visitor - Delhi's Transport Minister Gopal Rai of the Aam Aadmi Party arrived to offer him a rose and request him not to obstruct Odd-Even.   

But Mr Goel stuck to his plans and tweeted,Only cars with an even registration number are allowed to run today in the capital, where round 2 of the Odd-Even scheme will run till April 30.

Mr Goel has alleged that Delhi government has spent a huge amount of public money on advertisements for Odd-Even in order to fetch Mr Kejriwal free publicity and has demanded that it disclose the expenditure.

"There is not a single commercial hoarding in Delhi without Kejriwal's photo under the garb of odd-even scheme. The same scenario resonates in newspapers, TV channels and radio," Mr Goel had said in a statement on Sunday adding that he would "leave my residence on 10 Ashoka Road tomorrow at 10 am in my odd-numbered vehicle and will pay fine for violation of the scheme."
 

BJP's Vijay Goel was fined by the Delhi Police as he drove to Parliament House in a car with an odd number plate.


The BJP leader also tweeted this morning,
 
Mr Goel said the BJP will not oppose any scheme that actually "reduces pollution and congestion or brings relief to the people of Delhi."

After some taxi and autorickshaw trade unions had threatened a strike on Monday, the first full working day at schools and offices since Odd-Even returned to Delhi, Mr Kejriwal accused the BJP of trying to sabotage the experiment, which aims at combating Delhi's infamous pollution and traffic jams.

The strike was called off after talks between the unions and the state government.
 

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