What the BJP government has been doing in last seven months is "frightening", says former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit referring to the way it was adopting the ordinance route and the "communal atmosphere" in the country.

She also admitted that her party had during the last assembly election "underestimated" the Aam Aadmi Party, which had decimated the Congress after a 15-year rule in the national capital.

Holding the BJP responsible for the "communal atmosphere" in the country, the 76-year-old senior Congress leader said programmes such as ghar wapsi and other activities of certain right-wing outfits have sparked tension among minorities which was "extremely worrying".

"It may not be fair to say whether they have done good or bad. But some of the things they have done are frightening like taking the ordinance route. Then what is the need for Parliament. Have 'acche din' really come? Look at the communal atmosphere that has been created. It is frightening," Dikshit told PTI in an interview.