AAP failed in health and education, claims BJP

NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday alleged that the

AAP

government had failed on most important human development indicators —

health

and

education

— during its four-year rule in the capital despite “boastful” claims.

Addressing a press conference, leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly, Vijender Gupta, said that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal should tell the people why it “failed” to work in these areas despite winning the 2015 assembly elections with a massive majority.

Gupta claimed the AAP government was in possession of 82 vacant plots but the ruling dispensation made no effort to construct new buildings. “AAP had promised 500 new schools but did not lay a single brick on 82 vacant plots for schools?” he said.

The AAP’s reaction on Gupta’s allegations was not immediately available.

The senior BJP leader added that the government claimed to have built thousands of classrooms at a cost of Rs 20 lakh per classroom without any survey of potential students. “It spent Rs 1,400 crore on constructing 8,000 classrooms. The government said this in a reply to a question asked in the assembly,” Gupta said. “Children in many areas are still denied education near their homes”.

The Rohini MLA further alleged that as per a recent affidavit filed in the Delhi high court by the government, majority of students who failed in Classes IX, X, XI and XII, were denied re-admission.