Union housing and concrete affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri hit out on the Congress occasion on Friday for its opposition to the Central Vista venture, accusing it of double-standards and spreading “lies” to divert individuals’s consideration from “monumental governance failures” in states dominated by it.
In a sequence of tweets, Puri additionally stated the central authorities acquired its priorities proper, rejecting allegations by the Congress and critics that the Rs 20,000-crore venture must be halted in view of a raging second wave of the coronavirus illness (Covid-19).
“Congress’s discourse on Central Vista is bizarre. Cost of Central Vista is about Rs 20,000 crore, over several years. GoI (the government of India) has allocated nearly twice that amount for vaccination! India’s healthcare budget for just this year was over ₹3 lakh crore. We know our priorities,” he stated.
Congress’s discourse on Central Vista is weird.Cost of Central Vista is about ₹20,000 crore, over a number of years.GoI has allotted almost twice that quantity for vaccination! India’s healthcare finances for simply this 12 months was over ₹3 lakh crore. We know our priorities. pic.twitter.com/uNlnxv7s58
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) May 7, 2021
Puri got here down closely on what he referred to as the Congress’s “hypocrisy” and stated “Congress leaders wrote about the need for a new parliament” throughout the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)’s rule on the Centre.
“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?”
“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?” Puri stated in one other tweet.
The Union minister additionally accused the Congress of practising “cheap politics” and adopting a diversion tactic. “They want to distract people 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 posted.
The Central Vista venture envisages the development of a brand new Parliament House, a brand new residential advanced that can home the Prime Minister and the Vice President, and a number of other new workplace buildings and a Central Secretariat to accommodate ministries’ workplaces.
Puri’s offensive got here hours after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi termed the venture a “criminal wastage”. “Central Vista is criminal wastage. Put people’s lives at the centre — not your blind arrogance to get a new house,” Gandhi posted on Twitter.
Puri identified that there have been a whole lot of initiatives being executed by varied departments. “Governance hasn’t come to a standstill, unlike the Congress’s times of policy paralysis. Central Vista is just another ongoing project. It’s only the Congress that’s obsessed about it, nobody else,” he stated, taking a dig at previous governments led by the Congress on the Centre.
“Moreover, only projects for New Parliament Building & rejuvenation of Central Vista Avenue have been awarded at an estimated cost of ₹862 crore & ₹477 crore respectively till now. As I said, there are many components in Central Vista project which are spread over several years,” Puri added.
In a associated improvement, the Supreme Court refused on Friday to entertain a plea towards deferment of listening to on a public curiosity litigation (PIL) looking for route to halt building actions underneath the Central Vista venture throughout the pandemic, however gave liberty to petitioners to method the Delhi High Court for pressing itemizing of the matter.
The courtroom was listening to the attraction towards a May 4 order of the excessive courtroom, which had listed the PIL for listening to on May 17 whereas point out that it wished to first undergo what the Supreme Court deliberated in its January 5 judgment that gave a go-ahead to the formidable venture, information company PTI reported.
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