MCD Strike: Arvind Kejriwal Announces Rs 551 Crore Loan

Arvind Kejriwal announces Rs 551-crore loan for civic bodies to end MCD workers’ strike.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it was with “great difficulty” that his government has arranged Rs 551 crore for extending the loan to MCD, even though the government was facing a shortfall of Rs 3,000 crore in VAT collection.

Kejriwal, in a press conference in Bengaluru, said that this is a clear case of mismanagement of fund and corruption. The Aam Aadmi Party convener also targetted the BJP and said, “while BJP was playing politics, we were cleaning up the city.”