Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam (Photo Credit: The Hindu)

Urging the CM to take stringent actions against Mehta, Sanjay Nirupam questions the convenient and consistent ignorance shown by the Maha CM despite repeated scams of the BMC Commissioner being exposed every passing day

Mumbai: Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam today wrote a forthright letter to Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis demanding him to suspend the BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta with immediate effect. He has also demanded stringent actions be taken against the BMC Commissioner after exposing the later’s involvement and nexus with the private owners in the Jogeshwari land scam worth Rs. 500 Crore.

Sanjay Nirupam states in the letter, “The fact that the Jogeshwari plot in question worth Rs. 500 crores admeasuring 13,000 sq mts which was initially reserved for a hospital and other public purposes was deliberately allowed by default to be returned to the private owners makes it evident that this is a major scam in which the Municipal Commissioner appears to be hand in glove with the private owner”.

Enlisting various acts of omission and commission on the part of the BMC Commissioner and his sub-ordinates which eventually led to this scam, Sanjay Nirupam said, “Why didn’t Ajoy Mehta approach the Supreme Court when the civic body lost the case in High Court? Also, being the head of the DP Dept, it was the prime responsibility of the BMC Commissioner to track the whole case instead of completely leaving it up to the Law Dept Officials. This indicates gross dereliction of duty or deliberate inaction in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy on the part of the BMC Commissioner”.

Mr. Nirupam effectively pointed out the fact that the clerk of the DP Dept headed by the BMC Commissioner himself was arrested in this case after he filed a police complaint against two unknown persons for tampering the BMC Commissioner’s notings on the case file.

Targeting the understated discrimination that runs in the BMC against the minorities Mr. Nirupam said, “Mr. Valmiki, a Dalit peon of the DP Dept who was in-charge of this file fell to his death from a running train only for his family to be at the receiving end of lack of concern from the BMC, the BJP and the Shiv Sena. His death needs to be investigated. We need to find out whether this was an accident or a murder executed only to wipe out evidence since he was a crucial witness”.

In the hard-hitting letter, Sanjay Nirupam also pointed out the increasing risk to life of the Mumbaikars due to sheer negligence by the Mehta- led BMC as he further accused the BMC Chief of criminal conspiracy in the Jogeshwari land scam. The Mumbai Congress Chief yesterday led a delegation of Congress corporators and met with the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 1) to file an FIR against the corrupt activities of the BMC Commissioner and some top officials in the civic body. The Mumbai Congress Unit led by Mr. Nirupam awaits immediate suspension of the BMC Commissioner following the fact that his involvement in the Jogeshwari land scam worth Rs. 500 Crore has been exposed. Prior to this, the Mumbai Congress President has exposed Ajoy Mehta’s involvement in multiple scams which has looted the Mumbaikars off thousands of crores. Not just the Congress Party but the common man awaits justice by the Maha CM in the form of Ajoy Mehta’s suspension.