In \'report card\' on BJP MP Harsh Vardhan\, AAP slams him over pollution\, sealing\, statehood

In 'report card' on BJP MP Harsh Vardhan, AAP slams him over pollution, sealing, statehood

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The Thursday came out with a "report card" on the work of and slammed the over several issues including on statehood, sealing drive and the problem of pollution in the city.

Senior leader said the first promise made by in 2014 was asking to grant full statehood to Delhi, but it was not fulfilled.

Rai also said the has been blaming the for not being able to tackle the problem of pollution in "But the fact remains that the steps taken by us (government) cannot be compared with any other state. We launched odd-even scheme and a comprehensive plan to tackle pollution," Rai said.

Rai said the traders in are "very angry" with as he "did nothing" to stop the sealing drive.

The BJP responded to the charges through a series of tweets.

He said it was because of that could not be granted full statehood because he "insulted" by protesting ahead of the when many foreign dignitaries were in the country.

He also accused Kejriwal of stalling the metro phase-4 project. "I have done historic work in in the last four years," Harsh Vardhan said.

"In the environment sector, Modi got Champions of the Earth award. We went out of the way to help the but what all they did was politics," he alleged.

On Wednesday, the AAP had come out with a similar "report card" on

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First Published: Thu, April 11 2019. 21:25 IST