India, Nov. 3 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday criticised the Delhi government's order on closure of 170 mohalla clinics in the Capital.

"Kejriwal had warned during the elections - that if the BJP came to power these units will be closed. On average, each clinic serves between 100 to 200 patients a day, which means about 20,000 patients will now be affected daily," Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said.

In a response, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva Sachdeva slammed the "scams committed by the AAP government under the guise of Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics".

Last week, HT had reported that the state programme officer of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) under the Delhi health department has issued an order to mohalla clinics, inf...