India, Feb. 2 -- The Congress on Sunday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) education model, alleging the tall claims made by the government were an eyewash and that number of Class 12 graduates declined under the current regime, when compared to Sheila Dikshit's tenure as Delhi chief minister.

Congress treasurer Ajay Maken, addressing a press conference, also hit out at the AAP over rising pollution levels, citing a decline in the bus fleet and increase in private vehicles as the key drivers behind it.

Citing government data showing 147,420 Class 12 graduates in 2013-14, Maken said: "They speak very highly of their education model, but the data points otherwise. It was 123,522 students in 2014-15 and by 2019-2020, had dropped to 1...