With Delhi elections not that far away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sharpened its attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Delhi BJP president and Member of Parliament (MP) from North east Lok Sabah seat, Manoj Tiwari, on Tuesday said people are dying due to severe cold, but the AAP does not talk about it and keeps lying to the people.

"According to a report by the Centre for Holistic Development, 90 people died from January 1 to 10. Also, 323 people died due to cold in December, taking the total death toll due to cold in the last 40 days to 413," the Delhi BJP chief said.

"While homeless people are dying due to cold, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party leaders are campaigning for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls with the slogan "Achhe Beete Panch Saal, Lage Raho Kejriwal" (The last five years went well, keep going Kejriwal)," said Tiwari.

Citing the report, the BJP leader claimed that 3,623 homeless people died in Delhi in the last one year. Tiwari said there is a sense of hopelessness in Delhi as people have lost faith in the Kejriwal Government.

"While homeless people are dying in cold, the Kejriwal government has blocked the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana," he added.

According to General Secretary of Centre for Holistic Development Sunil Kumar Aledia, the report was compiled using information gathered through RTI queries.

"The deaths are very unfortunate. It should not be a political matter and the entire society, including political parties, should immediately get down to stop such deaths," he said.