AAP MLAs stage protest outside Harsh Vardhan's house

Dr. Vardhan had left his residence around ten minutes before the AAP MLAs reached his place.

Delhi has been reeling under long power cuts ranging from one to six hours for over a week after a devastating storm severely damaged major power transmission lines across the city.

Congress as well as AAP have been targeting BJP for the power cuts, saying the Central government cannot escape responsibility.

Dr. Vardhan later rejected the criticism, saying Congress and AAP should share the responsibility for the power situation in the city.

“Congress was in power for 15 years. The AAP was in power for 49 days. They are to be blamed for the situation not the BJP as our party has not come to power in Delhi yet,” Dr. Vardhan said.

The power situation had further deteriorated yesterday as a number of power transmission lines maintained by Delhi Transco Ltd (DTL), a Delhi government utility, had tripped.

The DTL is yet to repair all the transmission lines damaged by the devastating storm on May 30.

Congress MLAs and ex-MLAs had held a protest yesterday at Delhi Secretariat by locking the Chief Secretary in his room for over one-and-a-half hours demanding improvement in the power situation.