Where was CM for last 8 years, asks Gambhir on Delhi landfill issue

New Delhi: With the AAP turning the issue of landfill sites into a poll plank ahead of the municipal election in Delhi, BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has hit out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking where was he for the last eight years when it came to finding a solution for the massive garbage dump in Ghazipur.

Talking to PTI, Gambhir, who represents the East Delhi constituency in the Lok Sabha, blamed the AAP for what he described as “a dismal state” of the national capital.

He said the work done at the Ghazipur landfill site is an example of how a BJP-led MCD can “make a difference”.
The cricketer-turnedpolitician said in the last eight years, “we have only heard the Delhi chief minister blame the Centre for everything, but no one asked him what is his responsibility as the chief minister”.

He should come out and speak, Gambhir added.
The people of Delhi can see it for themselves what the Ghazipur landfill site was three years ago and what has happened to it now. The height has gone down by at least 50 feet, he claimed.

He also questioned the chief minister's visit to the site after eight years. Kejriwal visited the Ghazipur landfill site last month and said the MCD polls will be fought on the issue of garbage as he promised to clean Delhi in five years if the AAP emerges victorious in the civic body election.

Gambhir said, “I want to ask where was the Delhi chief minister for the last eight years? I wrote a letter in 2020 to work on it and find a solution, but he did not even have the courtesy to reply.” (PTI)