New Delhi: Soon, Delhiites will have to pay more for parking in public places. The BJPled municipal corporations plan to double the parking rates — from Rs 10 for the entire day to Rs 20 for three hours. The move comes despite BJP promising in its 2012 municipal election manifesto that it will not increase taxes.

Sources said the party is compelled to do so as all the three corporations are facing a financial crunch. Senior BJP councilors of the three corporations will soon hold a meeting with Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta to finalize the rates, they added.