Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is at the moment lodged in Tihar jail in reference to the alleged cash laundering case associated to Delhi Excise coverage case. Nevertheless, the confrontation has continued between the Aam Aadmi Get together and the BJP. On Thursday, an issue arose over {a photograph} depicting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal positioned behind bars, accompanied by portraits of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar.
The BJP promptly demanded the removing of the picture. Throughout a digital briefing led by Kejriwal’s spouse, Sunita Kejriwal, the backdrop featured portraits of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar alongside {a photograph} of the Delhi chief minister in jail. Sunita Kejriwal relayed the chief minister’s message from Tihar jail to AAP MLAs through the briefing. The BJP criticized the backdrop, alleging that it offended sentiments and insisting on the instant removing of Kejriwal’s {photograph}.
“Kejriwal is a corruption accused and by placing up his {photograph} between these of patriots resembling Shaheed-e-Azam (Bharat Singh) and Dr Ambedkar, the AAP has insulted their dignity,” alleged Virendra Sachdeva, the BJP’s Delhi unit chief.
Senior AAP chief Atishi, alternatively, alleged that the BJP-led Centre has despatched Kejriwal to jail beneath false prices.
“Kejriwal is the image of the present wrestle in opposition to the BJP’s dictatorship. His {photograph} at our workplaces is to remind us that the wrestle in opposition to the BJP is at least the liberty motion,” she instructed reporters.
“There was a time when individuals of the nation fought in opposition to the British rulers. Now we’re struggling in opposition to the ‘dictatorship’ of the BJP,” she mentioned.
In distinction, the BJP asserted that the AAP ought to really feel “ashamed” for together with Kejriwal’s {photograph} amongst portraits of patriots.
The AAP has been continually degrading “political decorum” by permitting the jailed chief minister’s spouse to take a seat and difficulty political messages from his “official room and chair”, Sachdeva mentioned.
Following Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21, Sunita Kejriwal has been taking part in digital briefings with distinguished Tricolours and portraits of Singh and Ambedkar displayed within the background, mirroring the setup used throughout Kejriwal’s on-line briefings. Kejriwal stays in judicial custody till April 15 in relation to a money-laundering case related to the Delhi authorities’s beforehand annulled excise coverage.
