Key areas across Delhi faced severe waterlogging, causing immense difficulties to the commuters
NEW DELHI — The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) severely criticised the BJP’s so-called “four-engine government” after the national capital’s several important roads, including Minto Road, ITO, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi Airport, and Old Rajendra Nagar, submerged in several feet of water in the first rain ahead of the monsoon.
As traffic grounded to a halt and citizens waded through inundated water, AAP leaders including Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj, Punjab Prabhari Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, Delhi Assembly LoP Atishi, and national Spokesperson Jasmine Shah took to social media on Friday with videos from across the city, calling out the BJP’s total failure to prepare the capital for monsoon.
The AAP referred to the BJP-led government as a “Vipda” government and shared images and videos of flooded roadways, accusing it of converting Delhi’s streets into open drains. With images of flooded streets and mayhem following Thursday night’s rain, the party wrote in a post, “Drains are now flowing over the roads in BJP’s disaster regime.” “Several innocent lives have been lost as a result of the rain submerging streets and lanes. Delhi is being completely destroyed by the BJP’s “Vipda” government.
The AAP particularly highlighted the irony of severe waterlogging right outside the Public Works Department (PWD) office, overseen by BJP minister Parvesh Verma. Sharing a video of the submerged road in front of the PWD office, the party said, “If this is the situation before the monsoon has even started, what will happen when heavy rains arrive? When there was time, the Disaster Government did nothing. Now that Delhi is drowning, the ministers are busy posing for photographs.”
People wade through a waterlogged road near Sarai Kale Khan area after rain, in New Delhi. — PTI
Bharadwaj expressed deep anguish on ‘X’, noting that four people, including a mother and her three children, died in the first spell of rain. “This is the truth of Delhi’s four-engine government. After heavy rain and a dust storm in Delhi-NCR, four people lost their lives. Even flight operations were disrupted,” he wrote.
Manish Sisodia lashed out at the BJP on X, saying, “Look at the condition of Delhi under BJP rule. The triple-engine government and all its parts spend the entire day making noise against Arvind Kejriwal instead of working for the people, and this is the result.”
MP Sanjay Singh echoed the outrage, stating, “The BJP is a guarantee of destruction. I keep saying all the BJP’s engines are junk. Just look at the triple-engine government in Delhi — the very first rain has flooded the roads. BJP has created a record of ruining Delhi in the shortest possible time.”
Atishi posted a video showing scenes from Dhaula Kuan and areas near Delhi Airport submerged in water after the rain. “Are these the expectations that Delhi’s people had from the BJP’s four-engine government?” she questioned.
Jasmine Shah reposted Sanjay Singh’s video and said, “Delhi streets have flooded in the very first rainfall! In the past 3 months, day-to-day governance in Delhi has nosedived — daily power cuts, water/sewer issues, shutting down of mohalla clinics and cluster buses and now this. BJP has pushed the national capital to ‘andhkaar’.”
Key areas such as Minto Road, ITO, Karol Bagh Metro Station, and Old Rajendra Nagar faced severe waterlogging. Roads were overflowing, causing immense difficulties to commuters. In some areas, the water was so deep that even large vehicles were partially submerged. Many residents were unable to leave their homes due to the flooding.
AAP’s national spokesperson Jasmine Shah calls out the BJP’s total failure to prepare the capital for monsoon.
After the rain stopped, BJP’s PWD Minister Parvesh Verma was seen strolling along the areas with severe waterlogging in Delhi. Sharing a video of him on X, the AAP wrote, “The minister is now taking a morning stroll alongside the very drain water that flowed from the BJP’s disaster government.”
With citizens reeling from urban paralysis and a string of tragic deaths, AAP has held the BJP squarely responsible for the complete breakdown of civic management in the capital. “This is not just mismanagement — this is criminal negligence. Delhi deserves better,” the party concluded.
