Controversy triggers over North Delhi mayor Preeti Aggarwal's 'video' on Bawana fire tragedy
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): A controversy erupted as a video went viral where BJP leader and North Delhi mayor Preeti Aggarwal could be seen allegedly telling his aides that she could not speak anything on the Bawana fire incident as the licence of the blaze-hit factory belong to them.
In the video, shared by news agency ANI, the BJP leader could be seen saying: "Is factory ki license hamare paas hai. Isliye kuch ni bolna (As the licence of the factory is with us so we should not speak on the issue)."
The video has gone viral on social media.
It has been shared on Twitter by both the Congress Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Aggarwal, however, called the video as 'fake'.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said it was inappropriate that a fake video was retweeted by the Delhi CM when 17 people were killed in the Bawana fire incident.
The police have filed cases in the incident.
Seventeen people have died in a fire which erupted at a plastic factory in north Delhi's Bawana industrial area on Saturday evening.
Many political leaders, including chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union ministers Harsh Vardhan, Vijay Goel and Delhi’s urban development minister Satyendar Jain, visited the spot of the mishap.
After the incident, the Delhi CM announced Rs five lakh compensation to kin of the deceased and Rs one lakh to those injured.
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