Three years of AAP in Delhi: Congress slams Kejriwal’s ‘khap’ govt for failing on all fronts

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken held a press conference and compared the AAP government to the previous Congress administration, drawing up a list of shortcomings.

The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for failing on all fronts in the last three years.

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit release a charge sheet against the Aam Aadmi Party at a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

“This is not an Aam Aadmi Party, but a khap party which has failed on every front,” Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken told the media on the third anniversary of the AAP Delhi government.

Maken also accused chief minister Kejriwal of not fulfilling his poll promises made during the assembly elections.

“In 2014, when they got 28 seats, they resigned within 49 days alleging the Congress and the BJP were not allowing them to bring proper Lokpal. But when they again came back in 2015 with 67 seats, they brought a different Lokpal instead of strict Lokpal,” he said.

Maken, who was also accompanied by former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, compared the work of the Congress government and the AAP government in the city.

Talking about the health sector, the former Union minister said: “During Sheila Dikshit’s government, Delhi got 14 hospitals and over 3,700 new beds were added. But during the last three years, not a single new hospital has come up.”

“But under Kejriwal government, not a single new college or university came up in the city. Even the drop out rate of students in the government schools has gone up,” he added.

The Congress leader also slammed Kejriwal over the condition of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). “In the last three years, the Kejriwal government bought only one new bus. Even the total number of DTC buses in the fleet has gone down.”

Hitting out at the AAP government over the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation projects’ delay, he said: “For the first time in the history of Delhi, the work on DMRC project has been delayed by two years.”

“During our government, 192 km of metro line, 141 metro stations, seven interchange stations were built in record time. The Congress government even brought 216 metro train sets for the people of Delhi,” Maken added.