AAP, BJP spar over ‘rebranded' Arogya Mandirs
New Delhi: Delhi AAP convener Saurabh Bharadwaj and BJP's South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri sparred on Saturday over Delhi govt opening Ayushman Arogya Mandirs across the city.
Bharadwaj claimed the BJP-led Delhi govt "repainted" the mohalla clinics set up by the previous AAP govt and rebranded them as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs. Bharadwaj posted on X that he wanted Bidhuri to visit Chirag Dilli and see an old dispensary, which was repainted and rebranded as an Arogya Mandir to mislead people.
Bidhuri "has publicly claimed that BJP govt has not rebranded any AAP-era mohalla clinics or dispensaries as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs after making cosmetic changes.
He went so far as to assert that if such a case is found, he will quit politics. I accept Ramvir Singh Bidhuri's challenge", Bharadwaj added.
Bidhuri claimed Bharadwaj was running away from the challenge of leaving politics by "resorting to lies". He said Bharadwaj alleged on June 17 that BJP govt was opening Ayushman Arogya Mandirs by repainting mohalla clinics. "He is now saying that an Ayushman Arogya Mandir has been opened in place of a dispensary in Chirag Dilli. I never said the Ayushman Arogya Mandir was not opened in place of a dispensary," he claimed, adding that the facility inaugurated by him on June 17 was opened by upgrading an MCD dispensary.
"If he has accepted the challenge, he should be prepared to leave politics," Bidhuri said.
Bharadwaj also claimed that the fee regulation ordinance would grant private schools "unchecked power to exploit parents".
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