AAP MLAs on Tuesday submitted notices to the Delhi Assembly secretary, demanding a discussion on the alleged power cuts affecting multiple areas in the city. Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha and MLA Kuldeep Kumar wrote to Delhi Power Minister Ashish Sood, highlighting prolonged outages that have impacted households, businesses, and essential services.
Jha specifically pointed to a blackout in Jagatpur village on March 28, stating that despite complaints, no immediate resolution was provided. He urged the minister to outline steps to prevent such disruptions in the future. Kumar, on the other hand, called for an adjournment motion to discuss the crisis in the Assembly, citing severe inconvenience to residents.
The power crisis has ignited a fierce political battle between AAP and the BJP. Senior AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP-led administration of incompetence, questioning how power cuts returned within a month of their rule after a decade of uninterrupted supply. “This proves BJP lacks both the intent and the ability to govern Delhi,” she asserted.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva hit back, calling uninterrupted power supply a fundamental duty of any government and accused AAP of corruption in power management. “Cities like Mumbai, Pune, and Bangalore have uninterrupted electricity. Even Uttar Pradesh has improved its power supply. Providing 24-hour electricity is a government’s responsibility, not a privilege,” he stated.
AAP national convenor and former CM Arvind Kejriwal also weighed in, expressing frustration over the outages. “We worked hard for 10 years to ensure uninterrupted electricity in Delhi. Within a month, they have destroyed the system,” he wrote on social media.
The debate unfolds amid the first budget session of Delhi’s eighth legislative assembly, with BJP having won 48 out of 70 seats in February, ending AAP’s decade-long rule and marking its return to power in the national capital after 27 years.
