The AAP on Friday accused the BJP-led Delhi government of delivering “misgovernance” in the form of fee hikes, slum demolitions, rising electricity charges and prolonged power cuts.
There was no immediate response available from the Delhi government or the BJP on the allegations.AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said the government has "failed" every section of the society in just four months of rule.“The BJP seems determined to make life difficult for every citizen. First came private school fee hikes, then bulldozers over jhuggis and now a 10.5 per cent PPAC hike in electricity bills amid a scorching summer,” he said.
Bharadwaj said the BJP leaders had slammed the then Delhi government in 2024 for an 8 per cent Power Purchase Adjustment Cost (PPAC) hike, calling it corruption.“If an 8 per cent hike made Kejriwal a thief, what does a 10.5 per cent hike under the BJP make them? Will they now call themselves ‘mahachors’?” he asked.The AAP leader also criticised the BJP for not fulfilling its promise to remove pension charges from power bills.
“The BJP leaders had publicly declared pension charges unjust. Four months into their government, why are those 8 per cent charges still burdening people?” he questioned.Bharadwaj further said Delhi is witnessing a return to inverter days.“In Chhatarpur, power was cut from 8 pm to 10 am — a 14-hour blackout. In areas like Greater Kailash, the residents who didn’t need inverters for 10 years are now buying them just to run a fan. This is the reality under the BJP,” he added.
Earlier in the day Leader of Opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Ankush Narang, on Friday alleged that a fund of Rs 820 crore announced by the Delhi government a week ago has not reached the civic body, and the delay has pushed it into a a financial mess.On June 6, the Delhi government announced it would be releasing Rs 820 crore to the MCD as part of the Basic Tax Assignment framework.
"Almost a week ago, it was announced that the Delhi government had released Rs 820 crore in funds to the MCD, but those funds have not reached the MCD yet. For the past two months, since the BJP has come into power, salary payments to sanitation workers are being delayed, and pensions and arrears to retired employees have not been released," AAP leader Narang said.
He said that when his party was in power, the MCD was always on track money-wise, with salaries released on time, which is not the case now."I would like to say both central and state governments have failed," he said.
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