AAP blames BJP for crime surge in Delhi 

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of failing to curb crime in the national capital despite being in power at the Centre for over a decade.

Citing the latest National Crime Records Bureau data, the party alleged that criminals were “thriving under the BJP’s protection”. At a press conference at the party headquarters, AAP’s Kondli MLA Kuldeep Kumar said: “For the last 11 years, the BJP has ruled at the Centre. Delhi’s responsibility lies with the Union Home Minister. The BJP controls the Centre, the Lieutenant-Governor, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, and the Delhi Development Authority. Delhiites gave them this so-called four-engine government, yet the city is topping in crime because criminals are thriving under the BJP’s shield.”