A political slugfest broke out after a building, which was a boys’ PG, collapsed in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan on Sunday afternoon. Three people died, while around 40 others are still feared trapped as rescue teams continue their operation at the spot.
Follow live updates related to the building collapse here. Bhardwaj, meanwhile, alleged that several Delhi government officials were taking bribes as he criticised the government over a series of building collapses in the Capital. “Just a few days ago, you saw a four-story building collapse in Saket.
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi led the Opposition’s attack on the ruling BJP government at the state and Centre as he called out the “inhumane conditions” students face “due to a lack of good hostels in colleges”. The BJP, meanwhile, hit back at the Opposition , accusing them of targeting the government for “publicity”. But for the past year, the MCD, the Fire Department, and the SDM/DM departments have all been taking bribes,” he told ANI.
It took the government and the MCD a whole week to admit it was a four-story…Previously, only the MCD was taking bribes.
Delhi building collapse: BJP hits back at Opposition
“People just want publicity. Nobody takes Rahul Gandhi or the Congress party seriously. Narendra Modiji is the world’s most popular leader. “Students’ lives were already filled with struggles—now the situation has turned life-threatening.
He has shown his development in 12 years. So, all these people attack Modiji so that they get some kind of traction,” he said. Due to the lack of good hostels in colleges or universities, students are forced to live in PG accommodations, 40-40 at a time under one roof, in inhumane conditions,” the Congress leader said on X.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, speaking to news agency ANI, said that the government was concerned over the incident and accused the Opposition of trying to gain “publicity” from the incident.
