‘Worse Than British…’: Kejriwal Assaults BJP After Delhi Loss, Invokes Bhagat Singh And Ambedkar – News18
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He was talking on the AAP’s ’Ek Shaam Shaheedon Ke Naam’ occasion to pay tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to commemorate Shaheedi Diwas.
AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal. (ANI)
Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday lashed out on the present BJP-led Delhi authorities and accused it of disregarding the legacy of Bhagat Singh Bhimrao Ambedkar after coming to energy within the nationwide capital.
Whereas addressing the get together’s ‘Ek Shaam Shaheedon Ke Naam’ occasion to pay tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to commemorate Shaheedi Diwas in New Delhi, Kejriwal recalled an incident when he was in jail and had wrote a letter to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to permit Atishi to hoist the nationwide flag on his behalf.
Nonetheless, he claimed that his letter by no means reached the LG and, as an alternative acquired a show-cause discover for writing the letter.
“The letters that Bhagat Singh had written from jail had rather a lot towards the British, but the British used to ship them to his comrades. Once I was in jail, I wrote a letter to LG that I used to be in jail, so Atishi must be allowed to hoist the flag. There was nothing improper with this. I gave a letter to the jail superintendent, however the letter didn’t attain LG, and I acquired a present trigger discover that how dare I write such a letter. Bhagat Singh had the liberty to jot down any letter, however I couldn’t write a letter of two strains. You (BJP) are worse than the British…” he mentioned as quoted by information company ANI.
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“Our position fashions are Babasaheb Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh used to say that merely eradicating the British was not sufficient, the construction of society needed to change. In any other case, brown rulers would change the British. That is precisely what has occurred,” Kejriwal added.
In his first notable public look since his get together’s debacle within the Delhi meeting polls final month, Kejriwal additional claimed that inside 48 hours of assuming energy in Delhi, the BJP eliminated portraits of Bhagat Singh and Ambedkar from authorities workplaces.
“In my home you will note pictures of Bhagat Singh and Babasaheb, even in workplaces of Delhi authorities. However the very first thing the BJP authorities did was to take away these footage. It appeared like this was the very first thing they wished to do,” he mentioned.
“After we put up the photographs of those two, Congress protested that Gandhiji’s image was not put up. Nonetheless, when the BJP eliminated the pictures of those two, Congress didn’t say something. There’s a collusion between these two,” he added.
The AAP chief emphasised that the get together entered politics to fulfil the goals of Bhagat Singh and Ambedkar, and never for energy.
Kejriwal additionally criticised the BJP authorities for allegedly limiting the free bus experience scheme for ladies in Delhi. Bus conductors at the moment are denying free pink tickets to ladies until they obtain an app, the previous chief minister claimed.
“Why are they doing this? As a substitute of enhancing services, they’re withdrawing the present ones. ought to have began giving Rs 2,500 to ladies however they haven’t,” he mentioned, accusing the BJP of failing to fulfil its ballot guarantees.
Had been The Images Eliminated From Govt Places of work?
The BJP had refuted the claims of changing the pictures of Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh with these of Mahatma Gandhi, President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, from the Chief Minister’s workplace.
The get together’s Delhi unit had shared a photograph of Delhi CMO on its X deal with exhibiting the portraits of each the liberty fighters within the workplace. Nonetheless, they’ve been positioned at a special house.
“The chambers of the Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs @gupta_rekha and all of the ministers are adorned with the photographs of revered Mahatma Gandhi, Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh, His Excellency the President and the Prime Minister,” it mentioned.
The BJP returned to energy in Delhi after 26 years, ending the AAP authorities’s decade-long rule. It ousted AAP from energy profitable 48 of the 70 seats within the Delhi Meeting, within the polls held final month.
(With inputs from companies)
