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Vijay Goel lashes out at Sibal on sealing issue

Staff Reporter

"The Congress leader is shedding crocodile tears"

NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Vijay Goel on Thursday accused Union Minister Kapil Sibal of adopting a contradictory stand on the issue of sealing and challenged him to come out into the open and speak up for the affected people of Delhi.

In a statement here after being released from Tihar Jail, Mr. Goel said Mr. Sibal had gone on record opposing the sealing drive presently going on in the city but did not take any stand when the Group of Ministers (GoM) led by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil decided to implement the Supreme Court order as it stands. He asked why Mr. Sibal kept silent and did not oppose the decision to implement the court orders in the GoM meetings and why he did not talk of bringing a new law to deal with the situation.

The Congress leader was shedding "crocodile tears", said Mr. Goel. "The fact is that all the Congress party elected representatives from Delhi are backing the sealing drive and they are being supported in this campaign by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit who has clearly stated that sealing will not stop at any cost," he added.

Mr. Goel sought to remind Mr. Sibal that it had been eleven months since the sealing and demolitions drive had been undertaken in the Capital and why the Congress leader had waited for so long to oppose it was a mystery. "If Mr. Sibal is so upset over the sealing drive and ready to fight for the people of Delhi, then he should resign from the Union Cabinet and be among the people who are badly affected by the sealing drive,'' he added.

Terming the resignations by the Congress Councillors as a "drama'' aimed at misleading the people, Mr. Goel said the common man had seen through the Congress game and would teach the party a lesson in the coming MCD polls.

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