NEW DELHI: The death of a senior Union Finance Ministry official in a road accident near Delhi Cantonment on Sunday has sparked a political row between the AAP and the BJP, with both parties blaming each other over emergency response and road safety in the city.
The AAP alleged that the case highlights the apathy of the Delhi administrations, the emergency response system, and the city government’s decision to shut down the Farishtey scheme launched by its government. In response, the BJP said that “it is shocking to see AAP accusing the government most irresponsibly without checking facts for a saddening accident death case.”
Addressing a press conference, AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj criticised the Central and Delhi governments for administrative apathy. “Many people stopped to watch the accident, but only made videos. No one attempted to take the injured couple to a hospital. Eventually, a Muslim youth driving a pickup van helped transport them to a private hospital, but the officer passed away on arrival, while his wife remains seriously injured,” he said.
Bharadwaj added, “The first question is why the victims were taken to a hospital 22 kilometres away, when there were several private hospitals nearby. Instead, they were shifted to a small private hospital in GTB Nagar, which reportedly lacked proper facilities. Why was no government ambulance sent to the spot? Everyone knows the BJP government has a record of destroying or disappearing crucial records. I strongly suspect that ambulance records too are being erased,” he said.
However, Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor refuted the allegations. “It is shocking to see Saurabh Bharadwaj accusing the government without checking facts. The BMW driver, not any passerby or police, transported the victims, and this has no relation to the Farishtey Scheme, which collapsed in 2023 due to non-payment of hospital bills by the Arvind Kejriwal government,” Kapoor said.
Major accidents involving BMWs
Sept. 2025: In Ahmedabad’s Zundal-Vaishnodevi Circle, a BMW X7 hit and injured a biker. The victim was hospitalised
July 2025: A speeding BMW driven by a drunk youth collided with a scooter in Noida, killing a 5-yr-old girl and an 18-yr-old
July 2025: A BMW accident in Muzaffarnagar resulted in death of a kanwariya and injured two others on Delhi-Dehradun NH
May 2025: A hit-and-run incident in Chandigarh resulted in the death of police constable. The Victim was struck by a speeding BMW while cycling home from work. The Accused, a 26-yr-old management grad, was allegedly performing stunts with another BMW
Sept. 2024: A BMW belonging to the Maharashtra BJP chief's family was involved in a crash that injured two. The driver was arrested and released on bail
Sept. 2024: A speeding BMW driving in the wrong direction hit a scooter in Indore, killing two women riding it
July 2024: A fisherwoman was killed and her husband was injured when a BMW crashed into their scooter in Mumbai
May 2024: A speeding BMW crashed into an e-rickshaw in Noida’s Sector 24, resulting in two deaths and three injuries
Oct. 2022: Four young men died on the spot when their BMW, reportedly travelling at 200 km/h, crashed into a truck. They wanted to record maximum speed on their social media page
1999 BMW hit and Run case: Sanjeev Nanda, son of Claridges owner Suresh Nanda, crashed into a police checkpoint on Lodhi Road, killing six people, including three police officers, and injuring a seventh person on Jan 10, 1999. He was convicted in the case
