AAP questions delay in naming Delhi CM, says BJP has 'no face' to run govt

Launching a fresh attack on the BJP over its delay in announcing the chief minister and the cabinet for Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday said the saffron party has "no face" to run the government.

Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader and Delhi's acting Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP of lacking a credible leader to govern the national capital.

"It's been ten days since the election results were announced. People thought that the BJP would declare its chief minister and the cabinet on February 9 and begin developmental works immediately. But it is now clear that they have no face to run Delhi," she said.

Atishi claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not trust any of the 48 BJP MLAs elected in Delhi and alleged that the party has no vision or plan for governance.

"The BJP knows that all they will do is loot the people of Delhi. If they don't have anyone capable of running the government, how will they work for people?" she asked.

The political battle between the AAP and the BJP is set to escalate further as the delay in the saffron party's leadership decision comes after its decisive victory in the Delhi Assembly elections.

In the recently concluded 70-member Delhi Assembly polls, the BJP secured 48 seats, while the AAP won 22 seats. The election results were declared on February 8 following polling on February 5.

The BJP's victory ended the AAP's decade-long rule in the national capital. In the 2020 assembly elections, the AAP had won 62 out of 70 seats, while the BJP had managed just eight.