India, March 24 -- Delhi home minister Ashish Sood on Monday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and accused them for failing to procure the Bronto Skylift during their tenure, leading to the deaths of nine people of a family in a fire in southwest Delhi's Palam last week.

"A task force was set up in 2020 after the Arpit Place fire in Karol Bagh in 2019 that killed 17 people. The panel had recommended phased spending for upgrading the fire services in Delhi. The Bronto Skylift was to be imported, and despite receiving approval from the finance department, no fresh tender was issued. The delay continues to affect the fire services in the Capital," Sood said.

Reacting to Sood, Delhi AAP president Saurabh Bharadwaj's said: "It is shameful...