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. However, the disagreement has continued between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP. On Thursday, an argument arose over {a photograph} depicting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal positioned behind bars, accompanied by portraits of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar.Â
The BJP promptly demanded the elimination of the picture. During 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 rapid elimination of Kejriwal’s {photograph}.
“Kejriwal is a corruption accused and by putting up his photograph between those of patriots such as 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 underneath false costs.
“Kejriwal is the symbol of the current struggle against the BJP’s dictatorship. His photograph at our offices is to remind us that the struggle against the BJP is no less than the freedom movement,” she instructed reporters.
“There was a time when people of the country fought against the British rulers. Now we are struggling against the ‘dictatorship’ of the BJP,” she stated.
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 always degrading “political decorum” by permitting the jailed chief minister’s spouse to sit down and subject political messages from his “official room and chair”, Sachdeva stated.
Following Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21, Sunita Kejriwal has been collaborating 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.
