Today there is no democracy in our country.
I want the citizens to rule.
Power should be given in the hands of the citizens.
When we say this, people tell me that the public is already ruling.
We have elections every 5 years
I believe that having elections once in 5 years is not democracy.
This is not a democracy.
The everyday decisions taken by the government,
must be taken with public opinion.
Now, this is democracy.
Ask for public opinion and then take decisions.
So, whatever they ask for must be given to them
and what they don't want should not be done.
This is democracy.
We are entering politics to establish democracy in this country.
Swaraj means self governance.
Which means decision making is done with the participation of the people.
Gandhi ji was a supporter of Swaraj.
According to him, the Gram Sabha should be an essential part of the economy of the country.
In the past few years after Gandhi ji's Swaraj model, if there is anyone who focused on Swaraj issue once again...
He is Arvind Kejriwal.
In his book Swaraj, Arvind Kejriwal has mentioned about the islands of Swaraj.
So, I left to see and learn more about these Swaraj islands.
My first destination is Sewagram, near Wardha
from where I had pursued my education is Medicine.
I have always derived my motivation from Gandhi ji's Ashram.
One who is a Vaishnav (Devotee of Vishnu)...
Knows the pain of others...
One who is a Devotee of Vishnu...
Knows the pain of others...
He does good to others...
without letting pride enter his mind...
One who is a Devotee of Vishnu...
Knows the pain of others...
A Vaishnav tolerates and praises the entire world...
Does not speak ill of others...
Keeps his promises, actions, and thoughts pure
your mother is blessed indeed...
One who is a Devotee of Vishnu...
Knows the pain of others...
A Vaishnav sees everything equally and abandons greed...
respects women as he respects his mother...
though his tongue may tire he will utter no lie...
He never touches the property of others...
One who is a Vaishnav (Devotee of Vishnu)...
Knows the pain of others...
In 1972 there was a famine,
and in this village we had many wrestlers.
We had no means of growing food
as this is a hilly area.
There are many mountains here
plus there was constant water shortage.
We had no water at all.
Popat Rao was studying in college
and he was a very good player.
He had also played for Ranji cricket tournament.
In 1989, we called him here.
He studied at his uncle's house
in the suburbs of Khedgaon...
which is a part of Ahmednagar and he studied there.
The villagers asked him to come back to the village.
And, when he came back he was elected as the Sarpanch...
and he was the unopposed choice.
In 1989 when I became the sarpanch, this village was in a bad condition
that in every house there was alcohol addiction problem
And there was an era in this village when it was famous for the wrestlers...
and we hosted 4 days athletic competitions.
People were distressed because of 3 consecutive droughts.
So, they decided to leave the village and settle in cities as the village was ruined.
All green mountains turned barren.
The teachers and villagers had developed a bad habit of drinking in the school.
the cost of a village girls marriage was equal to the cost of one liquor bottle.
On 26th January 1990, everyone attended the Gram Sabha.
The youth, women, senior citizens, and all others started raising questions.
Some people said there is no drinking water and after January there will be a severe water problem.
All women complained, that for one pot of water they have to travel for 2 Kms.
Some women said that women who get married in the morning become widows by noon.
This alcohol addiction in the village must stop.
Another person spoke about food...
Another person said there is no water for farming and
no electricity, groceries, health facilities
I was terrified when people shared their problems in the Gram Sabha.
So, the first thing I thought about was how to fix the village problems.
We have seen the school in good conditions during our childhood...
but later we saw them turning into a disaster.
We decided to start from there.
if one man becomes literate, it changes the fate of the entire family.
And, if one family changes then 10 other neighbors will imitate them.
So, we decided to start with the school.
The golden jubilee of August Kranti was being celebrated in the country
So, Maharashtra's Chief Minister spoke about Anna Hazare's effort in Ralegan Siddhi
every model block must follow it and take it forward.
A freedom fighter was in that meeting
Mr. Achyut Rao Patwardhan.
He said to adopt the Gandhian thought and implement Gram Swaraj with the panchayat and the community.
So, the program was launched and this news was covered in the newspapers.
Our village was well prepared because in the past 4 years
we were involved in planning.
So, we started an NGO...
Yeshwant Watershed Development Trust.
Then we made a need-based proposal and sent it for the sanction process
to be selected in the Gram Sabha.
Then Anna Hazare ji came here.
It was a 5-year plan from 1995 to 2000.
But the project was completed in 2 years.
We got rainfall and abundant water was flowing in the village
Water came to our village in 1995 as soon as the villagers adopted water literacy...
which happened due to the efforts of 5th to 10th-grade students.
Now we have 3 watersheds, 3 rain gauges and we collect data in the morning and evening.
So, in the month-end, we get to know the water level.
After the rains, it starts pumping and lifting water,
So, now the water level can't go down.
This measurement has been in place since 1995, and today the water auditing system is perfect.
In the whole country, our village is the only one where the profit pattern is designed based on water budgeting.
We built a mosque, for one Muslim family in our village...
because social harmony is very important.
If all communities unite and do proper planning of water and crops then only they will have sufficient water.
Otherwise, water problems will increase.
A Buddha Dham was also built for the backward community.
Not with the social welfare fund and and government fund...
but it was built with the award funds.
Here we have need-based plans and not caste-based.
Leadership is of the Panchayat.
Decisions are made by the Gram Sabha.
And the role of all line departments is convergence,
which enabled the transformation of our village.
As our social auditing is perfect...
you can see it outside on the walls...
We display the amount of money that comes in the village every month like...
14 from the finance commission...
and how much from the state government, central government, or MGNREGA?
How much is collected and and how much is spent?
We display it outside every month.
And, our Gram Sabha is held on 31st December.
The entire village attends the Gram Sabha in the evening.
From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. we conduct a preaching program...
then the social audit is done between 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. to discuss the annual collections of the village.
The villagers sit in front of the stage where all government officers are seated.
Everyone believes that our village has 100% transparency.
And because of this practice, if there is any trouble maker,
in the gram sabha, the villagers ask him to openly speak in the gram sabha.
We have reached Chennai and now going to Kuthambakkam village.
the drive to Kuthambakkam from Chennai is of one hour
and there we will meet Mr. Rangasamy Elango
who adopted the Gandhian approach of Swaraj
for the development of his village and women empowerment.
I was born in this village which is very close to Chennai
but it was also a very backward village.
It's a very green and very fertile village.
I was witnessing the problem of poverty.
So, in 5 years, we made a beautiful development.
Participatory development.
Every one rupee of the Panchayat.
Every one rupee of the government
The community also contributed something.
It may be money... it may be labor...
it may be material or anything.
So, the philosophy of our village was Shramdaan...
contribution from the community.
Sure.
So, like that, with small money when we did it in a big way.
The government also got motivated.
The government started giving us lot of money.
We deepened all the ponds. We de-silted all the ponds...
repaired all the public utilities, recreated livelihoods
all the money was spent towards the community
This village was very famous, notorious for illicit arrack,
liquor based violence in the business
we stopped it with the support of the community
In 5 years, between 1996-2001, this village became a model for the country.
5 years working as a Sarpanch,
you become a social engineer!
Naturally social engineering, and then I started understanding Gandhi.
The value of coming down, otherwise I am an engineer, I am postgraduate, I am laureate.
That time of flying is there...
that type of flying mind is there...
Now when you started coming to work with a community...
you are settling, walking, sitting, living with the community
That's Gandhi's mission of...
a true leader will always live with his community.
So, this kind of thing I started understanding from Gandhi.
Again on the Gandhian model
this is for people's use.
This not for a corporate.
This is for a common man's use.
This is one activity... we are making bricks
we are making tiles we are making coconut oil
we are making soaps
a variety of activities
By the community, for the community...
the surplus has to go to the market,
the whole thing should not be depending on the market.
Only the surplus has to go to the market.
This is a place where we are developing a variety of models for solar energy utilization.
These fans are solar-run DC fans
they are consuming hardly 18-20 watts.
So, straight away you are saving 65% of the power energy.
And, lights...
We are making 15 watts LED light and 12 watts LED light and 9 watts LED light.
Right from 3 watts, 6 watts, 9 watts, 15 watts, 10.5 watts
like that all the LED lights are produced in the village itself.
Our every week, our every month the panchayat has to write the accounts on the board,
people can come and see.
Now you can see October 2018 this is house tax,
Rupees 4,47,840/-
This is library tax. This is a professional tax.
This is state finance commission grant.
Okay.
This is the other grant. Total income of rupees 6,12,542/-
First time in the world I created a Panchayat academy.
How many panchayats do you operate so far?
Right now in Tamil Nadu, I got around 1000 panchayats
all over the state.
All over Tamil Nadu and other parts of India also I got around 500-600 panchayats.
Do, they have to pay any fees to get into it?
They come there because after all its own friends' thing.
So, they may pay money for the food and other things.
It does not have fees or anything.
Just maintenance and the trust is also raising some funds and based on that we are doing it.
Interestingly, thanks to the government's principle of organizing women as self-help group.
Say they started with 12 to 15 people as a small group
and they started with ...
So, they started 50 rupees - 50 rupees their contribution
Self-help group.
Yeah self-help group. Say...
When was that? 2005?
They started in 2004-2005 because panchayat initiated and supported them.
Each group is containing around 12 to 15 people say about 1000 odd women
or the self-help group members
And, now they are federated as Panchayat level federation.
Wow!
Previously the self-help group was an Individual unit.
Sure.
I was linking them. My trust and my panchayat were linking them.
Now they got federated as panchayat level federation.
And, this panchayat level federation is a registered society.
They got it registered with the government and now they are a strong entity to borrow loans to lend loans.
So, the vibrancy of the people that's called...
I used to say the music of the development of villagers.
Wow!
There must be a vibrancy anywhere I go, people come there they discuss okay you do this, you do that...
that kind of thing.
If that kind of thing happens then in no time
maybe in 5 years, this country will be filled with happiness.
Anna ji has arrived.
I would like to welcome all guests...
Best wishes for an auspicious and prosperous marriage.
Marathi song...
I would like to thank all respected and honorable guests.
India-Pakistan war happened in the year 1965.
I was deputed at the border of Khem Karan.
The enemy did an aerial assault on us.
My job was to transport guns, ammunition
and food to the fighting soldiers.
the enemy's aim was to attack the convoy.
So, they attacked us.
All my friends died as martyrs.
The vehicle that I was driving was hit with 25 to 30 bullets.
But I didn't get a scratch.
Just like I was safe in the Pakistan attack,
similarly, I came out safe from Mizoram's attack.
3 times I was saved and this was God's will
and he had a plan for me so he saved me.
This is the notion that I lived with.
And, after 15 years I took voluntary retirement.
I came back in 1975.
I used to visit the village during holidays and saw the village in a bad condition.
There were 40 liquor breweries which were the main source of income.
They make alcohol, drink alcohol and sell alcohol to the nearby villages also to provide food for their children.
This is a drought-prone area,
a famine-stricken area,
the rainfall is very poor
And whatever little rain we get the water does not get stored, it just flows away.
There is no drinking water, no food to eat,
people have to walk for 6 Kms to reach at work for breaking stones.
I used to visit the village and saw the bad living conditions
but I was helpless and I could not do anything.
Now, after I took voluntary retirement I started to work for my village.
The first thing to do was to fulfill their food requirements.
But how can I solve this problem?
As 2 years ago before us an effort was done by the panchayat...
by Vilasrao Salunke
They tried to stop the rainwater to allow it to percolate
and also created an underground water table and developed agriculture.
In 2 years they started seeing results, so, then people started coming to see their progress.
Even I went to see Saswad village in Pune district.
When I saw that place I was inspired
and I thought even we can do this in our village.
So, I met the Deputy Director of the soil conservation department.
Okay.
and told him that I have decided to dedicate my life for this work.
And I will remain a bachelor all my life to do this work.
I also told him that if you support me then we can make good progress.
He was very impressed and in 2 days he came to our village.
He toured the entire place and concluded that we can do good work here.
This is a very good site.
First, we will have to change all the villages of India.
Unless we change the village, we can't change the country.
People celebrate their birthdays,
but we celebrate the birthday of our village.
Okay.
So, how do we celebrate?
An elderly woman
An elderly man.
Every year they will keep changing.
The elderly women and elderly men are like parents of the village.
Everyone must worship them.
So, this is the program.
Father and mother of the village...
Sometimes the villagers worship the downtrodden people also.
because they are the... mothers of the streets.
The village is like a family.
This is our concept.
And, it goes on every year.
This helps to strengthen the feeling of unity.
She was 12 years old, they tortured her and killed her.
We have got the forensic reports according to which there were 2 men.
Everyone wants them to be punished so we have given an application to get them hanged.
Were they from your village?
No, they were from another village.
They were Outsiders.
From where?
Shrigonda.
If he was from Shrigonda, why did he come here?
He was a guest. Her uncle.
But why was he staying here?
He visited regularly for work since past 2-3 years.
First make a systematic record of the agreement...
so that he does not get released.
and once this is done then I will speak to the Chief Minister.
Sure.
And after the public holiday, I will take care of the proceedings.
Let's do it this way. Don't rush things.
I won't rush it. But I need your support.
You have my full support. Do you think I won't support you in such a matter?
Today all women have gathered here and now we are going to the Taluka.
Now we are going to the Taluka.
That's fine.
We thought we will meet you first and then go there.
Okay. Don't worry. I am with you.
Sure. Thank you, Anna ji.
After visiting the Swaraj model villages, I am going back to Delhi.
Kejriwal used swaraj as a medium to win the elections and now he is the Chief Minister of Delhi.
So, let us see what changes have been made in the local-governance of Delhi in the last 5 years.
We are entering politics to establish democracy in the country.
We are trying to implement a system to empower the citizens so that they can rule the country.
I will give you 2 examples, one is of Brazil and the other one is of a slum in Delhi.
There is a slum in Delhi where Santosh lives.
That place has no schools, no sewers...
Since last 20 years, the slum dwellers are asking the government to build schools and sewers.
The government says we don't have money.
3 years ago the government built water fountains at a cost of 80 lacs.
Water fountains!
Sir, but we don't need water fountains.
And, those water fountains didn't even work on the inauguration day.
Why? Because there is no water.
People want water. People want schools.
And, they make water fountains and say we don't have money.
This needs to change. Do what the citizens want?
This was an example of Sunder Nagri.
Then there is a city in Brazil called Porto Alegre.
How do they make the budget? They don't make the budget in the municipality's town hall.
Once a year people from every area come together
and make a list of all the problems they are facing.
So someone says their roads are cracked, some say their drains are broken,
some say the sewer is not working, some say there is a shortage of teachers,
some say there is a shortage of doctors and medicines.
So, they make a list of all problems.
They collect the list forms and compile it. And, with this data they make the budget.
What else is a budget?
Since when are you working here?
I have been permanent for 10 years.
Do you have any complaints against the government?
Yes, I do have a complaint. If they give us a better place to work, then our hard work will be appreciated.
Sir, after hunting the entire locality, this is the only place that was separate.
The other available options of houses were very small and not as big as this one.
We are needed at this place.
These people need us more than we do.
Yes, they need you more. Alright!
How many kids are enrolled in your child care centre?
Earlier I had 14 kids and now I have 10.
10 kids.
Yes, because now they got admitted in schools.
So, for 10 kids this space is too small.
Yes, this space is very small.
But If you want to see, I can show you when the kids come out to play during the break.
Do, they bring lunch from outside?
No they eat the food that we give, but today some parents gave them lunch from home.
What is there for lunch today?
Today is Tuesday so it is Chickpeas rice.
Would you like to see it? Yes, please.
This is porridge.
No, sir, this is chickpeas rice. It has chickpeas also.
I believe kids get more nutrition from broken wheat porridge.
But if they can provide better snacks options...
Yes, my child.
What else can the government do to improve?
First of all, they must provide better space.
They gave you a small space. Yes.
It will give us the motivation to do better and if you can find any fault in our work, please let me know.
You are doing good.
Kids come and we teach them. But we want to appeal to the government to support us.
Give us a better space to run this centre.
This is the most important thing.
After witnessing the poor conditions of the child care centre
I attended a child care centre workers meeting.
It was very clear that there was no core level involvement in the functioning of the child care centers.
And, I couldn't see any local participation.
Delhi should have been a Swaraj island
but here the child care workers were hesitating to share their problems with us.
We could see they were fearing the officers and departments.
Raise Your Voice... raise your voice
Speak up louder...raise your voice...raise your voice.
Come on workers...raise your voice
the one at the back.... Raise Your Voice... raise your voice
Speak up louder...raise your voice. Speak up louder...raise your voice.
Long live the unity of Delhi workers. Long live... long live
Long live the unity of Indian workers. Long live... long live
We will take our right to employment We will take it... we will take it...
We are asking for our rights... We are not begging...
Long live child care centre unity! Long live... long live...
We are working in slum areas...
we do so much but we don't get any support or importance from the government.
How is the food quality in the child care centers?
The quality is fine but young kids can't eat this every day.
We want justice... We want justice...
It is my promise to you all...
It is a matter of 58 years old policy rule.
Manish Sisodia and Kejriwal had made a promise
to the citizens of Delhi, guest teachers and all contractual employees.
He promised that if he comes in power he will give us permanent jobs.
Right now we are not talking about other contract workers.
but we will talk only about the guest teachers.
At this point, there are 25 thousand guest teachers whose jobs were laid off from 28th February.
They blamed the court who gave the decision to terminate the jobs by 28th February
as they cannot not renew the contracts.
In Delhi government, if one party says one thing, then why does another party say something else?
Do they have bad intentions?
Yes, they have bad intentions.
They have the power to make our policies and they can also absorb us in the system.
Delhi government is spending a huge amount of money on advertisements.
Yes, correct. In Odisha..
Sir, right now they have sent a certificate for tenth-grade students which was not needed at all.
And they have spent rupees 15 crores for that.
Just to satisfy all parents and students. It was not needed at all.
So, if they have so much to spend on advertisements and other things, are the guest teachers not working hard?
They do double the work than a regular teacher.
We need a solid policy for 58 or 60 years just like other governments.
It has been implemented in Haryana and it is soon going to be implemented in Madhya Pradesh.
It is implemented in Himachal Pradesh then why can't they do it in Delhi?
We work very hard and we deliver 100 percent results.
But still, we have been thrown out on the streets.
They ask to build the future of the children. But where will our children go?
What will we eat ? How will we feed our families?
We need an answer from Manish Sisodia ji.
He has passed a legislation for guest teachers in the assembly meeting and has sent it to the Lt. Governor.
But he already knew that there is a disadvantage and an objection will be raised against this.
But he did not give any clarification on the objection that was raised, as he knew it will be eliminated.
And on one side, they will do politics and on the other side the Central government.
And here the guest teachers will be left hanging until they give up.
I want to ask Manish Sisodia whether he always accepts the court's every decision.
The Supreme court is bigger than the High Court.
And, they said to give equal opportunities and equal wages.
But did you give that to anybody?
You don't listen to the Supreme court but now you are following the High Court's order.
What nonsense is this?
And, the second thing he said is that they want to make us permanent employees, but the Lt. Governor is against it.
The Lt. Governor did not promise us anything.
But you made a promise to us.
Now you are saying that you don't have the powers, so didn't you know this during elections.
Approximately 50 percent regular posts were not occupied for the last 4 years.
And, they tried their best to avoid recruiting regular teachers.
Now because of the High court's push and pull today there is a process in place.
And even after the process, not even one person has been appointed permanently.
In the past 4 years, they have made such a wonderful record which is as good as a world record.
Within 4 years, 5 lac students...
from grades 9 to 12 failed their exams.
They did not give admission to 4 lac students and excluded them from the school system.
42,503 students from grade 10 failed in the year 2017-2018.
And, most of them were girls, and they passed an order to rusticate all of them.
Do you know the total budget of the Indian government...
in that how much is spent on healthcare?
2.5 percent.
And, in Haryana how much money is spent on health care?
4.5 percent.
And in Rajasthan 3.25 percent, in Uttar Pradesh 3.5 percent
and in Delhi 12 percent.
They made a government dispensary next to which they made a Mohalla Clinic.
This is duplication of work.
Okay you mean they made Mohalla clinics next to the government dispensaries.
In Peera Garhi, Paschim Vihar there is a huge government dispensary and they made 2 Mohalla clinics next to it.
According to them, the staff in dispensaries don't do their work.
But then it is a failure of the government.
Besides Mohalla clinics the Delhi government has 500 dispensaries.
The doctors sit there in the morning and it is vacant in the evening.
So, if they pay the private doctors rupees 40 as per the terms and conditions of Mohalla clinic
and if they consult for 4 hours then there is no need for extra space.
The same building can be used for both.
The building where the child care workers sit is also vacant in the evening.
So they can use that space as well.
Even school buildings are vacant so they can give them a room there.
There is no lack of space but only a lack of willpower.
To take the political advantage they are misusing it.
The happiness program can be compared
to a man who is hungry but is still smiling.
Or when a man freezes to death in winter but there is a smile on his face.
So this happiness is similar to that.
What nonsense happiness is this?
Indian pop song...
In his book Swaraj Arvind has given an example of Sonia Vihar
Correct.
And he wrote in his book how he had organized Mohalla Sabhas on an experimental basis.
And even the Lt. Governor praised these efforts.
So, after gaining power why did they not pass a legislation for Mohalla Sabhas?
Why is the Swaraj bill still stuck?
First of all, I want to tell you 2 things...
First we have to understand that no bill is required to pass Mohalla Sabha
This is just an excuse that without a bill we cannot have Mohalla Sabhas.
Was there a bill when the Mohalla Sabha was put up in Sonia Vihar?
They gave me a telephone... but there's no dial tone...
Tehelka.com... they take no action...
they transfer money illegally... they love their scams dearly...
Where was the bill when in 2006-2007 the Mohalla Sabhas was being installed?
Out of all the decentralization examples mentioned in Swaraj...
was decentralization of power done there because of a bill?
Even in Hiware Bazar for decentralization of power there was no bill.
So, this is the biggest lie that Mohalla Sabhas will be installed only after the law is passed.
When this government won the elections,
they launched 11 pilot projects of Mohalla Sabha, out of which one was in my constituency.
And the budget applicable for each Mohalla Sabha was 50 lacs.
So when Arvind came here, do you remember he stayed overnight?
How much time did he spend here?
He was here for one whole day and Manish Sisodia ji stayed here for 3 days with his entire team.
An NGO made the first film Swaraj in this village.
His concept was to make all the villages of our country just like this one.
Swaraj Bill has not yet been implemented in the name of Mohalla Sabha and Gram Sabha
I don't know much about that.
Okay. Yes.
I stay away from politics.
Everyone takes inspiration from Gandhi, but no one wants to implement Swaraj. Am I right?
So just taking inspiration is not enough till we go and do the groundwork
and until we work with people the inspiration is zero use.
Before the elections, Kejriwal called RWAs to Rouse Avenue Delhi and held an extensive meeting.
And he made thousand promises.
He promised that after winning the elections he will work to help us...
and implement acts and enable empowerment.
But as soon as he won, he sidelined the RWA concept and instead he proposed Mohalla Sabha.
In the initial phase itself, we felt cheated.
When you have already promised the RWAs, then what is the point of introducing Mohalla Sabha?
And, in his attempt to make Mohalla Sabha he involved his party workers only.
And, he sidelined the genuine RWAs who are working in Delhi for years.
So, right from day one, we started opposing it.
We didn't like this concept at all.
But otherwise, also RWA is equivalent to Mohalla Sabha.
Exactly we are registered bodies and we are working for so many years
on social and civic issues and we are absolutely apolitical.
We are not doing any politics.
We don't please any politician or touch anyone's feet.
We will not appreciate your good work, because it is your duty.
But when you go wrong we will object to that.
Arvind often said that we will take people's opinions when we start Mohalla Sabha.
And, now in Delhi assembly, he said, "I am Delhi's master."
This is not right. Not okay.
No one is a master, we are all servants of our nation.
If the idea of being a master overpowers you then things go wrong.
Right.
Just like I am still serving the nation even at the age of 81.
I never became a member of the Panchayat. I never became a Sarpanch.
People requested me to be an M.L.A and M.P. I said I don't want this.
I will lose the joy and peace that I have today.
Tomorrow even if I become a minister I will not be able to enjoy as much as I do now.
Therefore, I stay away from all this.
We promised the citizens that we will expose Sheila Dixit's corruption,
and nab her and put her in jail.
This was our promise.
We want to be corruption free.
Our objective is that no corrupt official should enter the Parliament.
Our objective is that no criminal should be able to enter the Parliament.
Our aim should be that families should not get a ticket like his son, daughter-in-law, brother or nephew.
We have to stop this. The parliament should not be controlled by these few families.
Two things happened when I took over the management of the Jal board.
The first thing that I did was that I formed a task force 'Action group'
and I asked them to do an internal audit and give me a report of all the scams in Jal board.
As soon as I became the minister the report was ready within one month.
And the report showed that the state has incurred 400 crores revenue loss
because of the allocation of water tanker tenders.
Sheila Dixit...
At that time Sheila Dixit was the chairman of the Jal board.
And, she was the decision-maker.
So, the entire process was wrong as the tenders were allocated incorrectly
and because of that the government incurred a loss of 400 crores.
And, if the government was at loss then definitely someone must have benefited from this.
So, our internal audit report was ready
and the next step was to send this report for external inquiry.
to the CBI or ACB or any other department like the vigilance department.
I gave that report in one month, but one thing I didn't understand that time, which Kejriwal told me himself.
When I gave him the report, he said," Do you think you are the most intelligent person here?
Only you could have investigated this?
If the other departments are not setting up inquires why were you so eager to investigate this?
What unnecessary problem have you burdened me with?
And on the same day if you see the sequence of events
the day when I gave the report, I felt that it is a 400 crore scam against Sheila Dixit and many other reputed officers.
I wrote a letter to Arvind Kejriwal and mentioned that this is a huge scam and I am submitting this report.
And, I have a feeling that the government or I could also be in danger.
I had written all this in a letter and given it to the Chief Minister.
But what I didn't know that danger will not come from outside,
it will come from the person to whom I am giving this letter and the report.
And the same night the first thing they expelled me from the department.
In 2010, UNDP did a survey and mapped 65,000 people...
and surveyed 55,955 people
And they missed out 34 survey frame pockets from Delhi-6
So, can you see how much will be the number ?
There are approximately 1 lac workers in Delhi- 6...
and if I am not wrong 40,000 people...
sleep on the streets of Chandni Chowk, Delhi-6.
I saw people are lying on the streets even now.
Correct.
They are lying down in the aisles.
You can see the ones on the road, but if you go to the small lanes you will see more of them.
But today there was an article in Sandhya Times where you gave a statement,
In January 2019 in the first 14 days there have been 96 deaths...
from the first 14 days of January 2019 there have been 96 deaths.
But Mr. N.H. Sharma denied everything and said we don't have this data.
And he said that every night our patrol vans roam on the streets
to pick people and bring them to the shelter homes.
He said this very boldly that there is no problem from our end
as we continuously make an effort to pick up people and bring them.
See, if the government accepts these statistics
and everything else that is happening around us.
Today you are with us on the ground
but if I tell them that the blankets in the shelter homes are torn, they will not accept it.
Yes, I saw that.
But they won't accept it.
They will deny it and say our blankets are in good condition.
Because if they accept it then they are accountable to give us all those things.
So, these numbers are monitored by the Ministry of Home Affairs
via journal entries done through the integrated police network in every state.
In the year 2015, there was a rape attempt on a 6-year-old girl...
this incidence happened near Bangla Sahib Gurudwara.
And when got to know about it in no time
we did a public hearing in which all departments were called.
In Delhi there are only 4 women shelter homes
which are in permanent buildings and all others are porta cabins.
In that public hearing the women freely expressed that they have to face sexual harassment.
And we submitted this report in NHRC to the Delhi government.
You won't believe me but 2 years later they acknowledged receiving the report.
With that report, the Delhi Women Commission
asked Delhi urban shelter improvement board to instruct all women shelter homes to install CCTV cameras.
So, this order was passed for the women shelter homes in 2016,
but the CCTV cameras were installed in 2018.
People don't die because of the cold wind, they die due to the lack of government funds.
The cold-blooded ministers embezzle the blanket fund and blame December's cold wind.
You can see that the night shelter is not accessible for the people and it has only one room.
So, instead of spending the money on a single room night shelter home,
the government should identify a location as a permanent solution to make night shelter homes.
Hmm...
Let's go inside and see the place and the room.
See even the door is broken.
You should stay here one night.
Did anyone send a complaint about this seepage problem?
Where is this seepage coming from?
Seepage is coming from above.
Water?
Yes, water.
Above from the roof?
Yes, from the roof.
They have installed a water tank.
So, water is being stored.
Yes the tank works.
Tell me one thing, do you have 2 janitors?
One janitor.
Okay one janitor
See this...
Let me see...
Is the janitor paid?
Yes.
Then why is this in such a bad condition?
How many people come here?
12 to 13
10 to 12 people...
In 10 to 12 people how can this be so dirty?
See here they have mentioned about a bathroom, but there is no bathroom here.
The second thing they have written is that the toilet should not stink.
But if you see it...
And blankets too...
Yes, we're coming to that.
When were they last replaced?
Actually...
The homeless people live in night shelters and they don't even vote anybody.
No government looked after them until now.
I remember every year during winter I read about night shelters being shut down.
The high court used to slam them.
Every day the front page of newspapers was filled with this news.
First time 90 new night shelters have been made.
Earlier there were 175-night shelters and now there are 265-night shelters.
But more than the numbers, the quality is important.
The quality of these night shelters...
I am not bragging but the Supreme Court formed a committee
which was lead by Justice Kailash Gambhir who is a retired judge.
Under his chairmanship, they formed a committee
and asked them to visit all night shelters in the entire state
and as per the report given by the committee...
We also spoke to Justice Kailash and he said
the night shelters in Delhi are a thousand times better than other states.
And he also said that when he went to other states, he told them to learn how to make night shelters from Delhi.
When one M.L.A of Aam Aadmi party needed an office, he had an eye on this shelter
which is in a prime location and he thought he can easily park his car.
So, internally through the assembly, he sent a letter to DUSIB
requesting them to allot this office space.
And, it was allotted to them but when we looked into the matter we found out that it was done illegally.
So, we challenged this decision.
This shelter home was for an M.L.A. Asim Ahmed Khan from Matia Mahal who is a billionaire
and he already has an office nearby in Daryaganj.
See if you want to make an office then you can go there.
Why do you have an eye on poor people's place?
These people have taken you from the streets to the assembly.
That's right.
Even these people give you vote.
So, tomorrow when they come to ask for votes, why will they vote?
They should have thought about this.
Take it from the front
Let him sleep.
Yes what you said is right.
If you call 9 number then a car comes in the parking
These are general medicines for fever and pain.
Do you work here?