India, Feb. 14 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed on Thursday over alleged widespread power cuts in Delhi, with outgoing chief minister Atishi claiming residents were facing hours-long outages. She alleged that power failures had been reported across multiple areas, citing complaints on social media.

Hitting back, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva accused Atishi of spreading falsehoods. "For years, the Kejriwal government, in collusion with discoms, exploited consumers. Now, fearing a BJP government, Atishi is creating panic," he said.

The latest showdown comes days after the BJP won a majority in the city's assembly elections.

Power discoms dismissed the instances of power failure reported by Ati...