As the AAP completes one year in office, the Opposition trained its guns on the party with Delhi units of both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress claiming that the party had failed to deliver on the promises made to the citizens of the Capital.
While the Delhi BJP has planned to observe a ‘Protest Day’, the Congress said it would observe February 14 as ‘Chhalawa Divas’ (deceit day).
Terming it as a “year of confrontations”, the Delhi BJP demanded that the Centre “dismiss” Arvind Kejriwal for “violations of the Constitution.” Addressing a press conference here, Opposition Leader in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta referred to a list of 52 notifications released by the Delhi government and claimed these were in “violation of the Constitution and laid down rules”.
“The central government should not overlook the violations of the Constitution. I will soon meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and apprise him of major instances of violation of the Constitution, laws and rules by AAP government,” Mr. Gupta told reporters adding that the party would hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Senior Congress leaders P.C. Chacko, in-charge of the party's Delhi Affairs, Ajay Maken, President, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee and other Office-bearers addressed a press conference detailing their plans in addition to releasing a “report card”, titled “Kejriwal Ek Saal, Delhi Behaal”.
“I will give zero mark to Kejriwal government because I cannot give it minus mark,” Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken said, adding the first year of AAP government was marked by its “conflict” with the central government and other agencies and “passing” blame for its “failures” to others.
“AAP government followed a course of conflict with the Centre and other agencies to divert focus from their governance and lack of delivery on their promises, shrugging of its responsibility while passing the blame to others,” he said, giving a powerpoint presentation on the AAP government.
The government also “failed” in its promise of giving a corruption-free governance as its own legislators and ministers faced allegations of corruption, Mr. Maken said, in addition to giving its nod for what he termed was the “weakest ever Lokpal”.
“Delhi Congress was at the forefront of exposing various scams of the government including onion and sugar scams as well as protesting against party leaders and ministers who faced a range of allegations including land grabbing, bribery and possessing fake degrees,” he added.
