AAP failed to fulfil promises: BJP; AAP MP hits back
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, the BJP on Sunday alleged that the AAP government in the Capital failed to fulfil all of its key poll promises and “destroyed” the city.
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh hit back at Puri, asking him to clarify if the BJP has delivered on its promises of giving Rs 15 lakh to every citizen, providing permanent housing, doubling farmers’ incomes, and creating two crore jobs annually.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, senior party leader and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri listed 10 promises, including cleaning the Yamuna and making Delhi pollution-free, that AAP made ahead of the 2020 polls but did not fulfil.
Targeting Arvind Kejriwal, Puri said the AAP national convener only “spreads lies” and did not make any effort to fulfil the promises his party made to voters. Kejriwal came into politics saying that he would not accept big government bungalows and only travel in his Wagon R but built a ‘sheesh mahal’ for himself to live a luxurious life during his stint as Delhi chief minister, the BJP leader charged. AAP “destroyed” Delhi, he added.
Puri also targeted the AAP government in Punjab, saying the party had promised to end the menace of drugs in the border state but instead, the drug lords there got more “energy”.
“From morning to evening, they (AAP) are only running advertisements (on TV channels). You have the right (to run advertisements) since you are paying for them. I am happy that TV channel owners are earning revenue by (running advertisements) about this ‘nasha-mukt’ leadership of Punjab,” he said.
Singh said that the BJP has no right to question the Aam Aadmi Party. “Our work speaks loudly. In Punjab, we provided 300 units of free electricity, restored water to 30 dried-up canals, built excellent schools and hospitals, set up Mohalla Clinics, and provided 50,000 government jobs.”
The 70-member Delhi Assembly will go to polls on February 5 and votes will be counted on February 8.
