'Unfortunate But Not Surprising': Gautam Gambhir Slams Kejriwal's "Freebie Politics" For Delhi's Woes

BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir has said that he was not surprised on the flooding in Delhi and attributed it to years of freebies politics.

"It is very unfortunate but not surprising. This was bound to happen. If you indulge in the politics of freebies and won't spend even Rs 1 for Delhi's infrastructure, then it will obviously crumble," the East Delhi MP said, reports Hindustan Times.

Gautam Gambhir criticised the lack of solutions provided by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during times of pollution and floods.

"If your CM says Delhi was ready for 100 mm and it received 150 mm rain -- this is not an excuse. You say what you did to develop Delhi's infrastructure. Then everything will be clear," Gambhir said.

Highlighting the broken promises made by Chief Minister Kejriwal, Gautam Gambhir pointed out the dire situation in his parliamentary constituency.

"Kejriwal promised so many things that Delhi would become Paris. My constituency is the worst affected. Go see the situation of Mayur Vihar. People were stuck for two days without water and food. You did not even evacuate them," he said.

Gambhir raised concerns about the financial mismanagement of the government, attributing the lack of funds for development to excessive spending on advertisements and freebies.

"The thing is you don't have money for development because you have spent money on advertisements, in distributing freebies. I said this 3-4 years ago that Delhi won't remain liveable. After monsoon woes will come traffic problems. It will take three hours to go from Delhi to Gurugram. And our chief minister will never understand the importance of developing infrastructure," the BJP MP said.