Citing a review of the financial status of Delhi undertaken in the last four days since she assumed charge, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday stepped up the attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and accused it of leaving an empty “public exchequer” when it was in power in the Capital before the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took over.

The AAP, however, shot back and claimed that Delhi’s budget grew from Rs 30,000 crore to Rs 77,000 crore in the 10 years of Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership. “We have handed over a fiscally strong and growing government to the BJP,” said former CM and AAP leader Atishi. The BJP must focus on delivering their promises instead of making “excuses”, she said.

The latest political sparring came a day before the start of the new Assembly session.

On Sunday, Gupta was addressing a press conference when she said that the government held several meetings in the last four days. “In the last four days, we held several meetings. We sat with the officials and reviewed the current financial status… all government coffers have been left empty.”

Gupta made the remarks while replying to a question related to the monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 to women. She assured that the scheme — a key poll promise of the party — would be rolled out following thorough planning.