NEW DELHI,– Delhi Congress President Shri Devender Yadav strongly criticized the BJP-led government and MCD for the capital’s worsening waste crisis, stating that real cleanliness cannot be achieved through occasional, headline-grabbing campaigns. He said that the so-called “Freedom from Garbage” drive is nothing more than a hollow showpiece, failing to address the city’s everyday sanitation needs.
He emphasized that garbage is piling up in almost every locality, exposing the neglect of daily sweeping and waste management under the current BJP regime. Yadav questioned why, despite holding office for the last six months, the BJP government made no serious attempt to clear the backlog of waste left behind by the previous AAP administration. He also pointed out that BJP’s own election manifesto promised to make Delhi the cleanest metro city, but no meaningful steps have followed.
Slamming the Swachh Bharat campaign launched in 2014, Yadav said it became a platform for BJP leaders to pose with brooms rather than bring real change. In his view, over a decade of BJP rule has shown that the campaign was more about photos than cleanliness, wasting taxpayer money while garbage mountains at Delhi’s landfills continued to grow unchecked.
He further stated that both BJP and AAP have misled citizens with tall claims and political gimmicks around cleanliness, but failed to deliver on the ground. Yadav criticized the government’s recent cleaning action plan — from offices to markets and schools — calling it a short-term effort designed for media attention, not sustainable sanitation.
Highlighting public health risks, Yadav raised alarm over a surge in malaria and dengue cases after the rains, blaming poor desilting work. He said the failure to remove sewer waste promptly has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, further proving the administration’s inability to maintain basic cleanliness.
He also questioned the government’s contradictory approach toward JJ clusters, asking how the BJP plans to clean slum areas while simultaneously pushing policies that seek to remove these communities altogether.
Shri Devender Yadav concluded that true cleanliness comes from consistent daily action — not from seasonal campaigns or PR stunts.
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