A day after BJP leaders spent the night in Delhi's slums as part of an outreach programme ahead of the assembly elections, AAP on Monday accused the BJP of demolishing slums and deleting names of slum dwellers from electoral rolls.

AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has strongly criticized the BJP’s efforts to deceive Jhuggi residents in the name of outreach, calling it a mere election stunt. Addressing the issue at an event on Monday, Arvind Kejriwal highlighted how BJP leaders, who are now visiting and sleeping in Jhuggis, have consistently ignored and harmed these communities over the past five years by demolishing numerous Jhuggis without concern for the affected families.

Led by its Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva, BJP leaders stayed overnight in 1,194 slum clusters across the national capital to connect with the slumdwellers and address their concerns.

In a  press conference, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi charged that the BJP leaders were visiting the slums, sharing food and clicking pictures with the slumdwellers to show their concern. "However, I warn the slumdwellers to be wary of them (BJP leaders) because there are many examples that the slums they visit are demolished, like it happened in Sundar Nagri where they had gone a few months ago," she said.

The senior AAP leader also alleged that the BJP leaders go to the slums and then get the names of slumdwellers deleted from voters' lists, citing the example of Shahdara's Ambedkar Basti.

Ahead of elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly, due in February, the BJP has launched a massive outreach campaign to get a foothold in the city's slums, considered to be strongholds of the ruling AAP."BJP leaders are directly communicating with the slumdwellers to better understand their lives. We have learned about their struggles and the upcoming BJP government will work through DUSIB (Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board) to improve their living conditions," Sachdeva said during his stay at Rajiv Camp in east Delhi's Krishna Market.