BJP accuses AAP of creating fake narrative of attack on Kejriwal

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BJP accuses AAP of creating fake narrative of attack on Kejriwal

Monday, 20 January 2025 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

A war of words has erupted between the AAP and BJP on Sunday over the attack on former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with the BJP accusing the ruling party of creating a ‘fake’ narrative of it while the AAP is alleging stone-pelting at Kejriwal's car by BJP's New Delhi assembly candidate Parvesh Verma’s goons’ ahead of the upcoming Delhi elections.

Addressing a press conference, Verma asserted the AAP chief will lose the seat to him by 20,000 votes and gave it in writing. He claimed, “Kejriwal is baffled and restless as he has not fulfilled any of the 10 promises he made to the people of Delhi before the 2020 Assembly polls, and now the women and youth are asking him questions. A vehicle in which Kejriwal himself was sitting hit three local youths but the AAP is creating a fake narrative of an attack on him."

He said he has submitted a complaint with the Election Commission and given videos. He rejected AAP's charges that those who allegedly attacked Kejriwal were his "goons" and said, “The entire one lakh voters of the New Delhi constituency were his family. Kejriwal is saying that the people of the constituency are goons. The three local youth hit by Kejriwal's vehicle at his instance were also local voters who wanted to ask him about jobs."

Verma also claimed that Kejriwal's convoy during campaigns includes 50 vehicles in which 350 Punjab Police personnel carrying AK 47 and other firearms accompany him. He has not been able to step out of his New Delhi constituency and was conducting door-to-door campaigns. “Not a single photo or video of his public meeting in the constituency is available due to poor response by the locals,” he claimed.

The former two times MP further said that the voters of New Delhi will not support Kejriwal. “He will finish third, after which he plans to go to Punjab and replace Bhagwant Mann to become the Chief Minister himself. For this reason, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is doing everything in his power to help Kejriwal win. A sum of Rs 50 crore has allegedly been sent from Punjab solely for the New Delhi constituency,” he claimed, adding that he has demanded an investigation by the Election Commission.

Meanwhile, Kejriwal slammed the BJP and said, “They are losing elections badly and resorting to deadly attacks. My life is dedicated to the country and society, and we are campaigning for the welfare of the people, unlike this unprecedented violence.”

He also remarked that the kind of campaign being witnessed this time is unprecedented in Delhi. “The level of violence, including attempts to assassinate a former Chief Minister, has never been seen before in Delhi. However, I have always stated that my life is dedicated to the country and society,” the AAP chief said.

“They are losing badly, and this is their way of contesting elections. While they indulge in such acts, I continue to focus on development and welfare schemes for the people,” Kejriwal affirmed.

Hitting out at the BJP, Chief Minister Atishi said, “They have come to the realization that even after distributing Rs 1100, shoes, bedsheets, and glasses, and resorting to fraudulent deletions and additions to voter lists, they cannot win the election. Now, they have resorted to life-threatening attacks on Arvind Kejriwal, and it is evidently clear from this incident.”

She added that the incident raises questions not just about Delhi Police but also about the Election Commission and all the officials conducting the elections. “When it is crystal clear that BJP workers attacked AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, what is the Election Commission doing? Can they not see this?” she questioned.

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