Four lakh slum dwellers denied pucca houses in Delhi because of AAP's political malice: BJP

The BJP Saturday attacked the Delhi government for non-implementation of Centre's housing scheme PMJAY, alleging that four lakh slum dwellers have been denied pucca houses in the city because of the ruling AAP's "political malice".

It also claimed that Delhi government's thousands of houses for the poor remain unallotted for the last several years.

"The Kejriwal government has thwarted the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMJAY) in Delhi out of political malice denying pucca houses to four lakh JJ (Jhuggi Jhopti) cluster dwellers in 675 such dwellings in the city," BJP leader Vijender Gupta said in a press conference.

No immediate reaction on the BJP charge was available from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or its government in Delhi.

Under the PMJAY, Gupta said, each of the four lakh households living in JJ clusters of Delhi were to be provided a financial assistance of Rs 1.5 lakh.

Out of 675 JJ clusters, 478 clusters are built on the land of Central government and its agencies, whereas 197 ...