New Delhi, July 23 (UNI) In a role reversal for the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the ruling saffron outfit is facing criticism on waterlogging in the national capital, with several leaders from the previous government, including former chief minister Atishi, questioning claims of the present dispensation.
The National Capital Region has been experiencing moderate to heavy rains for the past few days that has caused waterlogging in several areas, leading to massive traffic jams.
The AAP has questioned the Rekha Gupta-led government’s planning.
“Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ji, where is your proper planning? You made big claims in the media about tackling waterlogging, but today, entire Delhi is drowning, and you’re relaxing in your grand palace. The public is now swimming on the roads and inviting all BJP leaders to join them for a swim,” the AAP said in a statement.
The AAP’s comments came as Delhi was lashed by rains that went on for hours today, resulting in waterlogging at many places in the national capital, and disrupting the normal life.
Since roads were flooded, and residents posted videos of people swimming on them, the AAP reposted those videos on various social media platforms,
Former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi took a jibe at her successor, “Many congratulations to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for starting so many swimming pools in Delhi.”
AAP leader Saurabh BhardwaJ, commenting on the flooded roads, said, “free water sports”.
Former AAP corporator Geeta Rawat, posted a video of herself in the middle of a submerged road, and asked where local “reel-making MLA” Ravinder Singh Negi was.
“This is the same NH 24 in Patparganj where you were rowing a boat two years ago. The boat is still rowing today. This means you have failed,” she said in the caption.
