IANS/New Delhi

Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party yesterday accused the Congress of politicising the issue of dengue deaths and said instead of protesting, its members should have donated blood to help patients.
“If only the Congress leaders, who have politicised the issue and protested over dengue deaths, had donated blood, it would have helped,” AAP leader Dilip Pandey said at a press conference here.
He said the AAP officials have met private medical practitioners in the city to start “fever clinics”, which would provide treatment to dengue patients for free.
“This is a step to reduce the rush which is seen in government hospitals due to many dengue patients,” Pandey said.
He added that the Delhi government was also taking all possible steps for the patients, like increasing the number of beds in hospitals.
AAP workers would also go on a door-to-door survey at homes to find out the dengue situation, he added.
The AAP leader also blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party governed civic bodies for not taking enough preventive measures such as fogging.
He said the civic bodies were not doing enough in educating people about the preventive methods to avoid dengue.
Earlier in the day, Congress activists, including Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken, staged protest outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s home.
They alleged that the AAP government’s inefficiency was resulting in the rising cases of dengue in the national capital.
Congress leader P C Chacko, slammed the BJP-led central government, and said it was its responsibility to meet the expenditure incurred for dengue tests and provide medical and health facilities for the poor.