New Delhi:
Samajwadi Social gathering chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig on the BJP Thursday after movies confirmed the roof of the brand new Parliament constructing leaking attributable to heavy rain in Delhi, which has claimed 9 lives to this point and precipitated extreme waterlogging within the metropolis. He shared a video of a courtyard of the constructing, constructed at a price of almost Rs 1,000 crore exhibiting water leaking from a domed glass roof, and right into a blue bucket.
“The previous Parliament constructing was higher than this new. Why not return to the previous Parliament… no less than until the time the water (stops) dripping in a parliament constructed with billions of rupees…”
Mr Yadav took a second swipe on the BJP, claiming “persons are asking if water dripping from each new roof constructed below this authorities is part of a well-thought out design or…”
इस नई संसद से अच्छी तो वो पुरानी संसद थी, जहाँ पुराने सांसद भी आकर मिल सकते थे। क्यों न फिर से पुरानी संसद चलें, कम-से-कम तब तक के लिए, जब तक अरबों रुपयों से बनी संसद में पानी टपकने का कार्यक्रम चल रहा है।
जनता पूछ रही है कि भाजपा सरकार में बनी हर नई छत से पानी टपकना, उनकी… pic.twitter.com/PpJ36k6RJm
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 1, 2024
The Lok Sabha Secretariat mentioned the “minor water leakage” was attributable to adhesive strips on glass domes – “put in in components of the constructing, together with foyer, to utilise plentiful pure mild” – coming unfastened.
“Throughout heavy rains on Wednesday, the adhesive used for fixing the glass domes over the foyer of the constructing got here off barely, resulting in minor water leakage within the foyer,” the Secretariat mentioned, including, “The issue was detected and measures taken instantly. No additional leakage was noticed…”
Nonetheless, different opposition figures, together with Trinamool Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra and Congress MP Manickam Tagore have mocked the BJP over the video.
“New parliament foyer is leaking water…” Ms Moitra posted on X, evaluating the obvious leak to the BJP’s “shaky” election outcomes; the saffron get together claimed a 3rd time period within the April-June polls, however solely with help from allies after falling 32 seats wanting an outright majority.
Mr Tagore’s publish referenced the examination paper leak row involving the NEET-UG medical course entrance exams, which the opposition has used to focus on the central authorities.
“Paper leakage outdoors, water leakage inside…” he declared.
Paper leakage outdoors,
water leakage inside. The current water leakage within the Parliament foyer utilized by the President highlights pressing climate resilience points within the new constructing, only a yr after completion.
Transferring Adjournment movement on this difficulty in Loksabha. #Parliamentpic.twitter.com/kNFJ9Ld21d— Manickam Tagore .B🇮🇳மாணிக்கம் தாகூர்.ப (@manickamtagore) August 1, 2024
“The current water leakage within the Parliament foyer utilized by President (Droupadi Murmu) highlights pressing climate resilience points within the new constructing,” he additionally mentioned, indicating he’ll transfer an adjournment discover within the Lok Sabha’s ongoing session to debate this difficulty.
To not be outdone, Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Social gathering, in a long-term pitched battle with the BJP over Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, posted, “Parliament constructed at price of Rs 1,200 crore is now depending on a bucket of Rs 120.”
₹1200 करोड़ से बनकर तैयार हुई संसद को अब ₹120 की बाल्टी का ही सहारा है ⁉️ pic.twitter.com/kKlJTEK81N
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) August 1, 2024
The federal government has but to react to the video or the opposition’s jibes.
The digs come days after a video of water leaking from the roof of a Vande Bharat practice from Delhi to Varanasi. A video shared by a passenger confirmed water pouring into the coach.
Northern Railway cited a ”short-term blockage of pipes” as the rationale behind the leakage.
The Vande Bharat trains are among the many authorities’s flagship schemes for the railways.
And, in June, there have been experiences of water leaking from the roof of the sanctum sanctorum, or internal chambers, of the grand Ram Temple consecrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a high-profile occasion in January, simply weeks earlier than the overall election.
Chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das complained additionally of an absence of drainage.
READ | No Drainage, Roof Leaking After Rains: Ram Temple Priest
Nevertheless, the temple’s administrative officers dismissed this declare, saying rainwater had dripped down pipes “mounted to put in electrical wires” amid building work on the second ground.
READ | No Leakage In Ram Temple, Water Trickled From Pipes: Belief Chief
Delhi has been battling heavy rainfall over the previous 24-48 hours.
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The torrential downpour, which noticed components of town obtain report rainfall, prompted the India Meteorological Division to difficulty a ‘pink alert’ for town.