‘Justice Delivered, My Apolitical Spouse Cried’: Ex-AAP Chief Kumar Vishwas Congratulates BJP | Watch – News18

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With out naming him, former AAP chief Kumar Vishwas took a swipe at Arvind Kejriwal saying he has “no sympathy for a person who crushed the desires of AAP celebration employees”
Former AAP chief Kumar Vishwas congratulated the BJP for successful the Delhi meeting elections. (Picture: PTI/File)
Former AAP chief Kumar Vishwas on Saturday congratulated the BJP for its victory within the Delhi meeting elections. With out naming him, he took a swipe at former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal saying he has “no sympathy for a person who crushed the desires of AAP celebration employees”.
“I congratulate the BJP for the victory and I hope that they’ll work for the individuals of Delhi… I’ve no sympathy for a person who crushed the desires of AAP celebration employees. Delhi is now free from him… He used these desires for his private ambitions. At the moment, justice has been delivered,” he stated, reacting to the AAP’s loss within the nationwide capital.
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He additional stated Delhi is now freed from Kejriwal, whom he accused of utilizing the celebration to gas his private ambition. He additionally mocked former deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who misplaced from the Jangpura meeting constituency, saying his “apolitical spouse cried” when she heard about his defeat.
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Kejriwal, who has gained the New Delhi seat thrice earlier than, misplaced it to the BJP’s Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma in one of many largest upsets of the election, harking back to the one he himself had brought on by defeating former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit in 2013.
Vishwas, who is among the founding members of the AAP, was seen as an in depth aide of Kejriwal for the reason that India In opposition to Corruption motion. That closeness was mirrored within the AAP giving him a ticket to contest from Amethi within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which he misplaced to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
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However, his relationship with Kejriwal degraded over time as he was identified to not toe the celebration line on all points. Issues got here to a head in 2018 after the AAP eliminated him because the celebration incharge of Rajasthan, a key publish within the celebration and given to him as a peace deal following his rebel in opposition to the management in 2017.