AAP turning city into slum; will launch 'Save Delhi' campaign: BJP

NEW DELHI: Union minister Vijay Goel today slammed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for "neglecting" interests of Delhi and alleged the national capital is turning into a "slum" because the AAP government was "focusing on expansion" of the party in Punjab and Goa.

He said a "Save Delhi" campaign will be launched tomorrow with the help of NGOs, RWAs and traders associations to protest against "deteriorating condition" of Delhi due to "lack of interest" shown by the AAP government.

"Kejriwal had earlier said he will work for betterment of Delhi and go nowhere else. But, now he is nowhere to be seen while Delhi is turning into a slum and there is no government, administration or development," Goel said.

Kejriwal, his ministers and ruling AAP MLAs are "busy" in campaigning in Punjab and Goa, while education, transport, roads, drainage, health and other important services are in a "bad condition" here, he said.

"If efforts are not made now to save Delhi, it will be ravaged by apathy and callousness of the AAP," he said.

Save Delhi campaigners will take out a protest march from Goel's residence on Ashoka Road to Janatar Mantar carrying an empty "CM's chair" highlighting "absence" of Kejriwal from the city due to his political engagements in poll-bound states, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) Youth Affairs and Sports said.

"Kejriwal is no longer interested in Delhi. He is concerned with Punjab and Goa now and he is not concerned about development of Delhi," he said.