Central Vista building: Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has hit back at the Congress for raising fingers more than the ongoing Central Vista building work. Notably, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has termed the Central Vista a criminal wastage. “Put people’s lives at the centre- not your blind arrogance to get a new house!” he mentioned in a tweet today.
Puri mentioned that Congress’s discourse on Central Vista is bizarre as the Government of India has allocated a lot more than the project’s quantity for vaccination. “Cost of Central Vista is about Rs 20,000 crore, over several years. GoI has allocated nearly twice that amount for vaccination! India’s healthcare budget for just this year was over Rs 3 lakh crore. We know our priorities,” he mentioned.
Congress’s discourse on Central Vista is bizarre.
Cost of Central Vista is about ₹20,000 crore, more than quite a few years.GoI has allocated practically twice that quantity for vaccination! India’s healthcare price range for just this year was more than ₹3 lakh crore. We know our priorities. pic.twitter.com/uNlnxv7s58
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) May 7, 2021
He mentioned that there are hundreds of projects becoming executed by many division and the governance hasn’t come to a standstill, in contrast to the Congress’s occasions of policy paralysis.
“Central Vista is just another ongoing project. It’s only the Congress that’s obsessed about it, nobody else. Moreover, only projects for New Parliament Building & rejuvenation of Central Vista Avenue have been awarded at an estimated cost of Rs 862 crore & Rs 477 crore respectively till now. As I said, there are many components in Central Vista project which are spread over several years,” he mentioned in a series of tweets.
Puri mentioned that the Congress want to distract people today from monumental governance failures in their states by spreading lies. “So they indulge in cheap politics despite knowing this project creates direct & indirect employment for thousands of skilled, semi-skilled & unskilled workers in these times,” he mentioned.
The minister added that though the Central Vista is not a new project, the Congress has no issue with the reconstruction of the MLA hostel in Maharashtra and the new assembly developing in Chhattisgarh.
“While Central Vista is not new, see Congress’ hypocrisy. Congress & its allies are splurging on a new project reconstructing an MLA hostel in Maharashtra & building a new Legislative Assembly building in Chhattisgarh. If this is fine, what is the problem with Central Vista?…Congress doesn’t stop at hypocrisy. Look at their shameful double face. During UPA, Congress leaders wrote about the need for a new parliament. The Speaker in 2012 wrote a letter to Urban Development Ministry for the same. And now they have the gall to oppose the same project?” he mentioned.
The BJP has alleged a Rs 300 crore scam in the redevelopment of Manora MLA hostel in south Mumbai, citing that the project expense had enhanced by 66 per cent in two years. In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, BJP legislator Atul Bhatkalkar demanded to know why the contract for redeveloping the hostel at Rs 600 crore was scrapped and reworked at Rs 900 crore.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea against deferment of hearing on a PIL looking for path to halt building work of the Central Vista Project. It, having said that, gave liberty to petitioners to method the Delhi High Court for urgent listing of the matter.