NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) used the Lokpal Bill issue to come to power in Delhi.
“They (AAP) came to power on the issue of Lokpal, they stepped down after 49 says on the issue of Lokpal. Now it has been six months, Lokpal was just a means for them to come to power...It is not in their agenda anymore, everybody knows what is there in their agenda now,” Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay told ANI.
The Congress today staged a protest against the AAP Government at Preet Vihar area of the national capital for backtracking on the promise of appointing a Lokpal.
The AAP Government, which has been accused of spending around Rs. 526 crore in advertisements, has been under sharp criticism from both the Congress and BJP for its publicity budget.