Accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of not fulfilling its campaign promises, the Delhi Congress on Friday released a “chargesheet” against the Arvind Kejriwal-led government, which recently completed two years in power.
Titled ‘ Vishwasghat ke 2 Saal (two years of betrayal)’, the 42-page document included details about the AAP government’s performance on education, health, public transport, and law and order. “We have exposed the so-called achievements of the government as being hollow claims and clever manipulation of facts,” said Mr. Maken.
The AAP government has touted its mohalla clinics and improvements in government schools as some of its main achievements so far.
Education
Citing figures from official government documents, including the Delhi Statistical Handbook and the budget, Mr. Maken said that there had been a drop in the number of students enrolled in Delhi government schools after the Congress government left in 2013.
In 2013-14, there were 17.75 lakh students in government schools, falling to 17.04 lakh in 2014-15 and then to 16.77 lakh in 2015-16.
“Just as they have in the education sector, the Kejriwal government has made false claims about its healthcare facilities too to get publicity,” said Mr. Maken.
Health
The Congress leader added that the rate of growth in the number of hospital beds in government hospitals had also slowed down when the AAP took over.
During the Congress regime, an average of 544 beds were added every year, as opposed to the AAP’s 268 beds a year, Mr. Maken said.
“What’s worse is that the poor and marginalised communities have been the most affected. Despite promising that the unauthorised colonies would be regularised within one year of coming to power, not even one such colony has been regularised so far,” said Mr. Maken.
He also hit out against the AAP government for the reduction in the fleet of the Delhi Transport Corporation, from 5,445 buses in 2012-13 to 4,352 buses now.
On women’s safety in the city, Mr. Maken hit out against the government’s decision to shut down the Gender Resource Centres and the mishandling of the 181 women’s helpline, which he said used to be supervised by the Chief Minister during the Congress regime.
