NEW DELHI, July 28: Opposition parties in Delhi on Sunday termed as “murder” the death of three civil services aspirants due to flooding of a building’s basement here and the incident a “man-made disaster”, as they attacked the AAP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and government over the tragedy.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led party, however, sought to blame the BJP over the incident, saying though it was in power in the municipal body for 15 years, it neglected the city’s drainage system.
“Our government has been in power for the last one year and we are working on drainage. I do not want to get into any blame game. I want that there should be an impartial investigation and strict action taken against those responsible,” Rajinder Nagar MLA and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak said.
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva termed as “murder” the death of the students and said they had came here to build their future but became “victims of corruption”.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said this is a “man-made disaster”.
“The students had come from far-off places to study in Delhi. But what is the system for separating illegal structures from legal structures? Is the MCD looking into it? What about the drainage system? All these questions plague these controversies around these deaths,” he said. (PTI)
