New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The much-hyped Mohalla Clinics, once a flagship healthcare initiative of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), are now being seen as among the major reasons for the party's defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections.

Once hailed as a revolutionary step in providing accessible healthcare to the poor, the deteriorating condition of these neighbourhood clinics appears to have cost the AAP support among the urban underprivileged, a key segment of its voter base.

Political rivals, particularly the BJP, seized the opportunity to highlight the alleged shortcomings of the initiative. BJP's candidate from the New Delhi constituency, Parvesh Verma who defeated AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal from this seat, had strongly criticised the Mohalla ...