India, July 8 -- The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded a high-level government probe against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), alleging a "massive pension scam" under the previous regime, which allegedly cost the public exchequer more than Rs.200 crore annually due to registration of fake beneficiaries.

In an official statement, the AAP hit back at the BJP and said it had "warned the people of Delhi that if the BJP came to power, it would shut down all welfare schemes meant for the public, and that is exactly what is happening now."

Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said that Delhi residents want the Rekha Gupta-led government to initiate a high-level probe. "As per current findings, over 83,000 registered women...