AAP govt has lost moral authority to stay in power: BJP after Delhi HC’s remarks on CAG report

The AAP-led Delhi government has lost “all moral authority” to remain in power after the High Court’s comments on “dragging its feet” over the tabling of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Monday. The AAP has hit back at the remarks, accusing the BJP of “concocting baseless stories” linked to the CAG reports.

Since 2023, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged, the Arvind Kejriwal-Atishi government had been sitting on more than 12 CAG reports, including the one on the construction of the “Sheesh Mahal” — the BJP’s label for the AAP convenor’s former residence on 6 Flagstaff Road. “Repeated requests were made by BJP MLAs in the Delhi Assembly to present these reports… but out of fear of their corrupt practices being exposed, the Kejriwal-Atishi government refused to budge,” Sachdeva said.

In its response, the AAP said the CAG reports had been sent to the Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker for tabling in the next session of the Assembly. “Beyond this, we have no role. The BJP is fabricating fake CAG reports in its headquarters, concocting baseless stories to mislead the public.”