NEW DELHI: The BJP Tuesday sought to nook AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal within the run-up to the Delhi Meeting polls by releasing a video of his earlier residence at 6 Flagstaff Highway, describing it as a “Sheeshmahal” that symbolises “corruption”. AAP lashed again, accusing the BJP of operating a “smear marketing campaign” to divert folks’s consideration from the “worsening” the law-and-order scenario within the nationwide capital. The Delhi Police is underneath the management of the Union authorities, presently led by the BJP.
The bungalow in query was occupied for over 9 years by Arvind Kejriwal who vacated it after resigning as chief minister. After leaving the bungalow within the Civil Traces space, he shifted to the official lodging of his social gathering MP from Punjab at Ferozeshah Highway in Lutyens’ Delhi. The BJP’s Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva, whereas releasing the video of the reconstructed bungalow at 6 Flagstaff Highway, alleged the AAP supremo saved the “seven-star resort-like ‘Sheeshmahal’ hidden from public gaze to painting himself as a sufferer”.
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The video confirmed a well-equipped gymnasium and top-of-the-range interiors and fittings. In a publish on X, Sachdeva claimed crores of rupees had been spent on “a gymnasium, sauna room, jacuzzi, marble granite, lighting and fittings”. “The cash spent on Kejriwal’s Sheeshmahal may have been readied 34 EWS flats, 15 LIG flats, 150 CNG autos or 326 e-rickshaws for employment,” the Delhi BJP chief claimed in an announcement.
The “irony” is that Kejriwal, who as soon as claimed he wouldn’t settle for official bungalows, automobiles or safety, has now been uncovered with the video displaying his “opulent mansion”. Hitting again, AAP stated in an announcement that ever since Kejriwal began elevating the difficulty of Delhi’s “worsening” legislation and order, the BJP has tried to divert consideration by elevating the difficulty of the “official residence” of Delhi chief minister.
After Kejriwal vacated the Flagstaff Highway bungalow, his successor Atishi tried to shift there as Delhi chief minister however left it after the Public Works Division stated a list of the residence was not executed. “Arvind Kejriwal doesn’t reside in that home anymore. It has been greater than three months since he vacated it. It’s the official residence of the Delhi chief minister,” AAP stated.
The ruling social gathering in Delhi stated that the folks of Delhi had been “dwelling in concern and feeling unsafe of their properties” because the BJP-led authorities on the Centre “failed” in its most simple obligation of guaranteeing public security within the metropolis. “Underneath (Union Residence Minister) Amit Shah’s watch, Delhi has develop into one of many world’s most harmful cities, tormented by brazen daylight crimes,” it charged.
As an alternative of addressing this “disaster”, the BJP runs a “smear marketing campaign” with its “Kejriwal Hatao” agenda, whereas Arvind Kejriwal stays centered on ‘Delhi Bachao’, the social gathering asserted.