The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday lashed out at Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar saying he has turned “Gurugram into Guru-jam”, a day after the BJP leader accused Arvind Kejriwal of “non-cooperation” in decongesting Gurgaon.
During a live Twitter session with Khattar on Thursday, one person had questioned the delay in completion of the Northern Peripheral Road (NPR) project also known as the Dwarka Expressway, suggesting it would “decongest most of Gurugram traffic”. Khattar responded saying: “Mr. @ArvindKejriwal should be asked this. Frustrated by non-cooperation by Delhi Govt, we have got it declared as NH.”
Asked about the allegation, AAP spokesperson Ashtuosh dismissed it as “hilarious” saying the people of Haryana wanted a Chief Minister “but got a Khattar” instead. “When you make Khattar as CM this is what you get. He has turned Gurugram into Gurujam,” Ashutosh said.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal and his Deputy Manish Sisodia on Friday took a dig at the BJP government in Haryana over the massive rain-induced traffic jams in Gurgaon and said it “reflected the quality of governance in the state”. “That’s BJP’s governance (on traffic jam and water-logging in Gurgaon),” Kejriwal said, quoting a tweet from a journalist who said his friend slept in the office because of traffic jams in Gurgaon since Thursday evening. Sisodia tweeted: “Merely changing the name of Gurgaon to Gurugram does not bring development. For development, it is necessary to formulate policies and ensure their proper implementation.”