Sudden Concern for Housing for Poor as AAP and BJP Fight Over Delhi's Slums

Both the AAP and BJP attempted to woo the slum dwellers in Delhi. The AAP claimed that BJP will demolish all the slums in Delhi. Countering the allegation, the BJP pointed out that no work has been done for the slums in the previous ten years under AAP. Approximately, 1.5 million voters live in slum clusters.

At four separate press conferences in Delhi on Sunday, senior leaders from the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) engaged in a new political slugfest, accusing one another of breaking pledges made in the lead-up to previous state and general elections.

Creating fake identity cards, allowing illegal immigration from Bangladesh and questionable border security were some of the allegations that were traded.

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri claimed that the AAP has failed to deliver on its promises made in the run-up to the Delhi assembly elections in 2020. AAP MP Sanjay Singh questioned BJP's promises, including tackling black money, increasing farmers' income, controlling inflation and giving out 2 crore job opportunities.