Delivering a fierce criticism of the AAP government in Delhi just days before the Assembly election, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed feeling “ashamed” to acknowledge overseas that residents in the national capital are deprived of essential services.
Blaming the AAP for not delivering clean water, electricity, healthcare, housing, and other vital services, the Union Minister expressed disappointment over the city being “left behind” and encouraged residents to support a change in government during the next elections.
“Whenever I visit foreign countries, I hide one thing from the world. I feel ashamed to go abroad and say that people living in the national capital do not get houses, do not get cylinders, or piped water under Jal Jeevan Mission and do not get the benefit of Ayushman Bharat,” he said during an interaction with the South Indian community in Delhi.
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“It is unfortunate that in the last 10 years, Delhi has been left behind. The residents of Delhi are not given their rights to water, electricity, gas cylinders, and healthcare. If the government here does not give you your rights, then on February 5, you should also consider changing this government,” Jaishankar claimed.
Delhi will hold elections on February 5 for 70 Assembly seats in a three-way contest between the AAP, BJP, and Congress. The BJP has been criticizing the current AAP administration for not tackling essential needs in the city, even though it has been in power for ten years.
Jaishankar additionally claimed that Delhi, being the capital, ought to exemplify the finest advancements in the nation, but it has fallen short over the last decade.
