File Photo of Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung
As the city continues to grapple with long outages and water scarcity, senior Delhi BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri today accused Lieutnant Governor Najeeb Jung of "failing" to resolve the problem and said his removal should be considered if the situation does not improve in the next few days.
Severely critical of Mr Jung, Mr Bidhuri, an MP from prestigious South Delhi constituency and General Secretary of Delhi BJP, said water and power crises have made life miserable for people in the sweltering heat and Mr Jung must take all possible action to address the problem.
"His removal should be considered if the situation does not improve in the next few days," said Mr Bidhuri, who was part of party's key election management team for both Assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
The national capital has been facing water and power crises since a devastating storm severely damaged the power transmission network on May 30. The outages have affected operations at a number of water treatment plants, resulting in scarcity of water in several areas.
"We want concrete results as we had promised to the people that we will resolve their problems. The power and water crises must be resolved at the earliest. Otherwise, stern action should be considered," Mr Bidhuri, who was elected as an MLA from Tuglakabad constituency for three consecutive terms since 2003, said.
The BJP leader, however, rejected Congress' criticism that the NDA government was responsible for the situation and accused the party of trying to gain political mileage from the issue.
"The criticism is totally unfounded. Congress was in power in Delhi for last 15 years. Manmohan Singhji was Prime Minister till May 15.
Congress had appointed the Lieutnant Governor.
How can you blame the NDA government which has come to power only a month back," he said.
Holding the Congress responsible for the situation, Mr Bidhuri said the Sheila Dikshit-led government did nothing to improve the power transmission network and water distribution system in the city.
"Some areas in South Delhi do not get water even in winters, let alone summers. Most of the unauthorised colonies do not have basic facilities. The Congress government did nothing to address these issues," he said.