A day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal exhorted voters in Gujarat to choose his party over the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party if they wanted better employment opportunities, education and health, the BJP pulled out all stops to attack the AAP Delhi government on each of these fronts.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta demanded Mr. Kejriwal’s resignation for “laxity” in healthcare services, citing an RTI response by the government that stated 265 people had died at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital — a Delhi government-run hospital — during stent placement operations.
Saying that the whole country, including Gujarat, had come to know the truth about the health model of the Delhi government that Mr. Kejriwal does not get tired boasting about, Mr. Gupta added, “During the second wave, 3,793 patients were admitted here of whom 1,594 died; most of the State government hospitals themselves are sick today and are bereft of sufficient facilities.”
