Saurabh Bhardwaj, delhi State President of aam aadmi party (AAP), in a press conference, made a serious allegation against the bharatiya janata party (BJP) of hatching a conspiracy to shift Delhi's historic markets - chandni Chowk, Sadar, Khari Baoli and Darya Ganj to Haryana. He said that this conspiracy started in 2022, when the then cm of haryana Manohar Lal Khattar had assured some delhi traders to shift them to Haryana.
Traders in panic after cm rekha Gupta's announcement
Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed that in 2022, a group of delhi traders, led by bjp leader Kuljit Chahal, had met Khattar. After this, a plan to build Delhi-like wholesale markets, such as Bhagirath Place and chandni Chowk, in Sonipat, haryana started. Recently, in a program held at Pragati Maidan on May 2, delhi chief minister rekha Gupta announced that markets like chandni Chowk and Sadar would be shifted due to congestion. This statement has created a stir among the traders of Delhi.
delhi cm unaware of the problems - Saurabh
The AAP leader said that the traders of delhi have been doing business in these markets for generations and are not ready to shift. Giving the example of chandni Chowk's redevelopment, he said that AAP had allocated a budget of Rs 100 crore to improve these markets, but BJP-supported officials did not allow it to be implemented. He accused delhi cm rekha Gupta of being unaware of the problems of the traders and demanded immediate withdrawal of this plan.
'Challenge to bjp, even their supporting traders are against it'
The AAP leader challenged the bjp government to conduct a survey with them in chandni Chowk and Sadar. He claimed that most of the traders, even bjp supporters, are against this shifting. He said, "We will not allow the traders and the 43% people who voted for bjp by mistake to be cheated."
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