Two days after three students at an IAS coaching institute in Old Rajendra Nagar drowned in the basement of the institute, the BJP on Monday blamed the AAP for the tragedy, holding protests and demanding accountability for the incident. In response, the AAP held a protest of its own, demanding that lieutenant governor VK Saxena suspend MCD commissioner Ashwani Kumar — a bureaucrat who reports to the central government.

At around 11am, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva led a group of party workers to protest outside the AAP office near ITO, and demanded that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resign over the “criminal negligence of the Delhi Jal Board, fire services, and AAP-led MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi)”.

“The AAP is responsible for the murder of three innocents… Both the MLA and the municipal councillor of Rajendra Nagar are from AAP, so if the AAP is not responsible for this entire incident, then who is? AAP leaders are trying to put the blame on officials for their mistakes… Any department of the DJB, DFS, MCD or government machinery that is guilty of this incident should face strict action,” said Sachdeva.

“The AAP government should take the responsibility of the negligence and CM Arvind Kejriwal should resign,” he added.

A few hours later, at about 1pm, AAP workers staged a protest outside the LG’s office, demanding that Saxena suspend MCD’s Kumar over the incident.

“The LG has himself admitted that no work was done on drainage for 10-15 years. AAP came to power in MCD a year ago.