BJP Vs AAP: Warfare of Phrases Intensify Over Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh Portraits
New Delhi: A political row erupted in Delhi on Monday after the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) alleged that portraits of B R Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh have been faraway from Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s workplace, a cost strongly refuted by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP).
The BJP dismissed the allegations, claiming that AAP was making an attempt to divert consideration from the Comptroller and Auditor Common (CAG) experiences set to be tabled within the Delhi Meeting, which allegedly exposes corruption throughout AAP’s tenure.
BJP Shares Photographs, Calls Allegations Baseless
The Delhi BJP countered AAP’s claims by sharing photographs of the chief minister’s workplace on social media. “The portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh, the President, and the Prime Minister are displayed within the workplaces of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and different ministers,” the BJP said.
The controversy stems from a directive issued by former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the eve of Republic Day in 2022. Kejriwal had ordered that solely the portraits of Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh be displayed in authorities workplaces, together with the CM’s workplace, excluding some other political chief’s picture.
AAP Raises Difficulty in Meeting, Calls BJP ‘Anti-Dalit, Anti-Sikh’
Chief of Opposition and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi raised the matter within the first session of the newly constituted eighth Delhi Meeting, accusing the BJP of disregarding Dalit and Sikh sentiments.
“It’s unlucky that the Delhi Meeting is being led by a celebration that’s anti-Dalit and anti-Sikh. The BJP has eliminated images of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh from the chief minister’s workplace, displaying its anti-Dalit stance,” Atishi alleged within the Meeting.
Addressing a press convention, she displayed an iPad picture of the CM’s workplace taken earlier within the day. “That is right now’s picture when our MLAs went to fulfill the CM. The photographs have been eliminated, which proves that the BJP is an anti-Dalit and anti-Sikh social gathering,” she claimed.
She additional alleged that by eradicating the portraits, the BJP had “disrespected” Babasaheb and the Sikh neighborhood. AAP vowed to protest towards the transfer each on the streets and contained in the Meeting.
Kejriwal Condemns Transfer, Says It ‘Hurts Hundreds of thousands’
AAP chief and former CM Arvind Kejriwal additionally weighed in on the controversy, stating that the transfer had damage hundreds of thousands of Ambedkar’s followers.
“The brand new BJP authorities of Delhi eliminated Babasaheb’s {photograph} and put up {a photograph} of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This isn’t proper. This has damage hundreds of thousands of followers of Babasaheb,” Kejriwal posted on X.
He urged the BJP to permit Ambedkar’s portrait to stay. “You may put up the prime minister’s {photograph} however don’t take away that of Babasaheb. Let it stay,” he added.
BJP Ministers Reject Allegations
Cupboard Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa dismissed the accusations, claiming that AAP was intentionally creating controversy to divert focus from the upcoming CAG report. “That is being executed intentionally by AAP to shift consideration away from the CAG report that will probably be introduced tomorrow,” he mentioned.
Sirsa asserted that the CM’s workplace nonetheless displayed footage of Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh, together with these of the prime minister, president, and Mahatma Gandhi. “This transfer is a transparent try to distract the general public,” he added.
One other BJP minister, Ravinder Indraj, displayed the portraits of Bhagat Singh and Ambedkar contained in the Meeting, refuting AAP’s claims. He accused AAP of fearing the CAG report’s revelations. “Most of their leaders have been in jail on corruption fees, they usually worry that they may need to go once more. As soon as the CAG report is out, they must face the implications once more. Because of this they’re appearing out of desperation,” Indraj mentioned.
Cupboard Minister Parvesh Verma accused AAP MLAs of disrupting Meeting proceedings and “intruding” into the CM’s workplace. “Over the previous ten years, the Aam Aadmi Celebration has executed nothing for the upliftment of Delhi. As we speak they’ve violated the dignity of the Meeting,” he mentioned.
The controversy continues to escalate, with each events buying and selling barbs over the problem forward of the essential CAG report presentation within the Meeting.
