AAP accused of falling back on its promises

BJP released a 'chargesheet' on 5 years of AAP government, alleging it misguided and befooled people and fanned fire during the recent violent protests against CAA and NRC

Launching a full-frontal attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, the BJP on Saturday released a "chargesheet" against the Arvind Kejriwal government, alleging that it "misguided and befooled" the people in the last five years and "failed" to fulfill the promises made before the 2015 assembly election.

Union minister Harsh Vardhan and Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi and other senior BJP leaders accused the AAP of "fanning the fire" during the recent violent protests in Delhi against the amended citizenship law.

The 'chargesheet' -- Aarop Patra: Jhooth aur Vish washagh at ki AAP Sarkar -was released in the presence of a battery of senior BJP leaders at an event held at the Central Park in Connaught Place in central Delhi.

Soon after the event, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, and took a dig at the BJP, saying his party will go through the "Aarop Patra" released by the BJP and implement the "good suggestions given in it in the next five years".

In the document released by the saffron party, one of the accusations is about the recent incidents of violence in Delhi during the anti-CAA protests, especially in Jamia Nagar and Seelampur.

Three short videos, targeting the AAP and its government, made by the Delhi BJP was also released at the event, and city unit chief and Lok Sabha MP Manoj Tiwari said, "This 'chargesheet' will We will go through the 'aarop patra' of the BJP and whatever good suggestions have been given in it, we will implement it in the next five years. now be soon circulated in each of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies and the 70 Assembly segments." They sought to put the blame on the AAP and its senior leaders of "fanning the fire".

The other two videos attempt to dent the AAP voter base among the poor, especially the auto-rickshaw drivers and workers, who do odd jobs, as the protagonist in the two videos belong to the two sections of society, respectively. The 'I Love Kejriwal' campaign has been running in Delhi aimed at wooing auto-rickshaw drivers, a sizeable chunk of voters in the city.

Meanwhile, AAP upped the ante on BJP's criticism, by citing its bad governance in the capital's civic bodies. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia challenged the BJP to come out with a report card of its achievement in MCD during its over-decade-long control on the municipality.