AAM ADMIYON KA DELHI | आम आदमियों का दिल्ली Rajouri Garden VS: My interaction with common folk.

Under the guise of development, the AAP government has subjected many Delhi residents to unimaginable hardships. Visiting many areas disguised as a reporter, I heard firsthand the agonizing tales of suffering from locals who feel abandoned by the very government that promised them a better life. Their lands and homes have been snatched away for a nala (drain) construction that never saw completion. Washrooms were demolished, temples razed, and yet, the promised infrastructure remains incomplete. Today, the area stands as a massive garbage dumping ground, as proof of the sheer apathy of the administration.
AAP's much-advertised free electricity scheme is nothing but a sham. Residents complain that not only do they NOT receive free electricity, but even the paid supply is inconsistent, with frequent blackouts disrupting their daily lives. The illusion of welfare policies fades when confronted with the harsh truth: the common man is left in the dark, literally and figuratively.
Public parks, inaugurated for recreation, now resemble abandoned wastelands. Neglected and in pathetic conditions, these spaces have become symbols of AAP’s negligence. Despite multiple complaints, no action has been taken to restore them. Instead, the administration continues its blame game while citizens are forced to live amid filth and decay.
Residents receive nothing but contaminated, gutter-infested water in their taps. Families are left with no choice but to travel long distances daily to purchase mineral water just to survive. The very promise of "piped clean water for all" remains a cruel joke, as even basic sanitation is absent.
If summers are unbearable due to electricity and water shortages, monsoons bring an even greater horror. With every heavy rainfall, knee-to-waist deep drain water floods homes, forcing people to live in sewage. Children are the worst affected-many have fallen into the unfinished nala, leading to tragic deaths. Waterborne diseases spread rampantly, claiming young lives due to the complete failure of the public health system.
Perhaps the most shocking revelation came from residents who sought help from elected representatives but were met with threats instead of solutions. Those who questioned the incomplete nala were intimidated, and families complaining about gutter water faced goons instead of action. Parents demanding accountability for children lost to waterborne diseases were silenced with fear.
This is the reality of Kejriwal’s governance, sorry dictatorship: a city where the common man is beaten for demanding basic necessities, where children fall into open drains due to incomplete projects, where homes are demolished but "development" is never completed. The people of Delhi, who had trusted the AAP government in the past decade with their votes, now feel utterly betrayed.
As I walked through these areas and listened to the people, I felt a deep agony within me. These were not just stories of suffering; these were cries for help-cries that no one in power seems to hear.
I saw mothers breaking down, speaking of how they lost their children to diseases that could have been prevented. I saw fathers who, despite working day and night, could not afford clean drinking water for their families. I saw elderly citizens, who once believed in the promise of change, now living their last years in misery.
The situation is so dire that, as one mother painfully shared, no one is willing to marry their daughters to the boys from this area. Such is the stigma and suffering they endure every day.
I could feel their helplessness, their anger, their despair. And it broke me.
I left that place with a heavy heart, but the people I met? They don’t have the luxury of walking away from this reality. They are forced to live it-every single day.
The question remains: How long will this betrayal continue? And more importantly, who will finally put an end to it?.
Only the people can do it through voting for the right person.
Delhi’s citizens are no longer just neglected-they are being oppressed. It’s ironic that a party calling itself “Aam Aadmi” (common man) has forgotten the very people it claims to serve. The Delhi government must be held accountable for these failures, and the people deserve immediate action-not more fake promises. February 5 is the polling day in Delhi, and I hope the people of Delhi will vote for the right candidates this time instead of falling for fake promises of Kejriwal again.