Politics of lies': Shah raps AAP over lack of Delhi development

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday notched up the offensive on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), terming its functioning "politics of lies" and failure to develop Delhi over the past 10 years.

- Snehil Sinha

NEW DELHI: Addressing gatherings at Rajouri Garden, Adarsh Nagar and Tri Nagar assembly constituencies after releasing the BJP poll manifesto, Shah accused the AAP of "destroying Delhi".

"In the past 10 years, AAP leaders have only lied and made a fool of the people of Delhi. They have destroyed Delhi and worked so little that they make even the Congress regime look good," Shah said.

Addressing a crowd of thousands of supporters at Rajouri Garden, Shah said that the AAP provided "bad roads in the name of connectivity", engaged in "health scam" in the guise of mohalla clinics and turned roads into rivers during monsoon.

"They said they will shut liquor shops, but instead, allowed more shops, including those near temples and gurdwaras. They said they will clean the Yamuna and take a dip in it. It is still polluted that when we put his statue in the river, even that fell sick. That is why, Modi got him jailed. They promised to double the hospital beds in Delhi but have they even added 100 beds to Delhi government hospitals in the past 10 years? They said they opened mohalla clinics but where will you go if you need a surgery? The Modi government allowed free treatment up to ₹5 lakh, but Kejriwal did not allow it for Delhi's people," Shah said.