India, March 7 -- Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led administration in Delhi after appearing before the Delhi Assembly's Privileges Committee in connection with the ongoing "Phansi Ghar" controversy. He alleged that the ruling party was focusing on the dispute instead of addressing civic problems in the capital.

Kejriwal appeared before the committee on March 6 regarding claims made earlier by the AAP government that a section within the Delhi Assembly complex was historically used as a British-era execution chamber where freedom fighters were hanged. The BJP, however, has questioned the claim and argued that the room was not a ...