A day after the “Delhi chief minister’s residence” was “forcibly” vacated, a confrontation intensified between the AAP and the BJP on Thursday as the previous launched photographs and movies exhibiting Chief Minister Atishi signing official information at her Kalkaji residence surrounded by packed cartons of her belongings. BJP leaders accused the AAP of indulging in “drama”, saying the Flagstaff Highway bungalow shouldn’t be the official residence of the Delhi chief minister because the Arvind Kejriwal-led celebration is making an attempt to painting.
Responding to a query at a press convention right here concerning the controversy surrounding the chief minister’s residence, Atishi hit again on the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP), accusing it of making an attempt to encroach upon the bungalow at 6, Flagstaff Highway within the Civil Traces space. The BJP is pissed off because it has did not defeat the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) in elections and is, thus, resorting to “determined measures”, Atishi alleged.
“The BJP is in pressure as a result of they haven’t been in a position to defeat us in polls. They may not even safe seats in double digits within the Meeting and their Operation Lotus to interrupt our celebration additionally failed. Even jailing our leaders didn’t work,” she mentioned.
The AAP claimed on Wednesday that the chief minister was made to “forcibly vacate” the bungalow. Atishi mentioned if the BJP will get peace by encroaching upon the chief minister’s home, it’s welcome to take action. “Our celebration shouldn’t be in politics for bungalows or vehicles. If essential, AAP ministers and MLAs are able to work from the streets,” she mentioned.
Earlier within the day, the AAP shared photographs exhibiting Atishi signing information at her Kalkaji residence surrounded by cartons packed along with her belongings. Posting the photographs on X, the AAP lashed out on the BJP, saying it can’t take away Atishi’s dedication to work for the folks of Delhi.
Accusing the chief minister of enjoying the “sufferer card”, Chief of Opposition within the Delhi Meeting Vijender Gupta mentioned, “The pictures of Atishi working amid empty containers is the AAP’s new drama.”
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva claimed that the 6, Flagstaff Highway bungalow shouldn’t be the official residence of the Delhi chief minister.
“It’s like different authorities bungalows the place Arvind Kejriwal lived because the chief minister,” Sachdeva mentioned as he challenged the AAP authorities to show that the bungalow within the Civil Traces space is “earmarked” because the chief minister’s official residence.
“We’ve no objections if Atishi needs to stay there. Nevertheless it should be completed in accordance with the principles,” Sachdeva mentioned.
Gupta, who on Thursday visited the AB-17 bungalow on Mathura Highway, allotted to Atishi final yr after she turned a minister, mentioned, “She has a bungalow allotted in her title on Mathura Highway that was earlier utilized by Sheila Dikshit for 10 years when she was the chief minister of Delhi.”
“Additionally, Aitishi can work from her workplace on the Delhi Secretariat, however she is just making a futile try to play the sufferer card by posing with empty containers,” he mentioned.
The AAP has claimed that the Flagstaff Highway bungalow was the chief minister’s residence, which was correctly vacated by Kejriwal and its keys have been later handed over to his successor Atishi by PWD officers.
Then again, sources within the LG’s workplace have claimed that the bungalow shouldn’t be the chief minister’s designated residence and it has not been allotted to Atishi but.
They’ve additionally mentioned the bungalow will probably be handed over to the chief minister after getting ready inventories of the objects saved inside it for recent allotment.
The AAP has accused the BJP of making an attempt to “usurp” the “chief minister’s bungalow” regardless of not being in energy in Delhi for 27 years.
The BJP earlier ran a marketing campaign towards Kejriwal alleging corruption within the reconstruction of the 6, Flagstaff Highway bungalow when he was the chief minister, coining the time period “sheesh mahal” whereas citing the “expensive” interiors and fixtures in the home.
Sachdeva alleged that since Kejriwal doesn’t need the “corruption of sheesh mahal” to get uncovered, the AAP is “determined” to take possession of the Flagstaff Highway bungalow.
Earlier within the day, AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh accused the BJP of “throwing away” a lady chief minister’s belongings from her “residence” in the course of the ongoing Navratri pageant.
Addressing a press convention right here, he accused the saffron celebration of making an attempt to “forcibly seize” the “chief minister’s residence”.
“This can be a grave disrespect to an elected girl chief minister and the folks of Delhi. A celebration that has been out of energy in Delhi for 27 years is making an attempt to seize the chief minister’s home forcibly,” Singh mentioned.
