New Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, who’s in search of re-election from Kalkaji in subsequent month’s Meeting elections, on Sunday hit out at her rival BJP candidate Ramesh Bidhuri for his alleged remarks on her household made final week.
In an interview with PTI Movies, Atishi additionally claimed that her crowd-funding initiative launched on Sunday morning generated Rs 17 lakh in donations inside simply 10 hours.
Atishi, who defeated BJP’s Dharambir Singh in 2020, mentioned she’s going to proceed to file her nomination for the February 5 polls on the district Justice of the Peace’s workplace after praying on the Kalkaji temple and at a gurdwara.
On her BJP rival’s latest remarks, Atishi mentioned, “Bidhuri has proven his character. Inside 24 hours of getting a ticket, he made an indecent touch upon Priyanka Gandhi. Within the subsequent 24 hours, he abused me and my household from Prime Minister Modi’s stage at a rally.” At a ‘Parivaratan’ rally of the BJP in Rohini final week, Bidhuri focused Atishi for dropping her surname and went on to say that she “modified her father”.
“Not a single BJP chief has mentioned that Bidhuri was unsuitable, or requested him to apologise to Pryanka Gandhi or me (for his remarks),” Atishi mentioned.
“This implies the BJP helps Bidhuri’s indecent language and the abuses he hurled at ladies. Had they not, they might have mentioned he was unsuitable and requested him to apologise to Priayanka Gandhi and me. However they didn’t accomplish that,” she added.
Earlier than concentrating on Atishi, Bidhuri had stoked an issue by claiming that he would make roads that are like Congress chief “Priyanka Gandhi’s cheeks” in his constituency, a remark for which he later expressed remorse.
Atishi, who launched her crowd-funding marketing campaign to contest the polls on Sunday, referred to as the initiative an “instance of honesty”.
“I want Rs 40 lakh to contest the polls which is .0005 per cent of the funds of our authorities. AAP is a celebration that by no means earned even a single penny dishonestly and that’s the reason we nonetheless search donations from the individuals to battle the elections,” she mentioned.
The marketing campaign launched at 10 am raised Rs 17 lakh by 8 pm within the type of small donations price Rs 100 and comparable quantities, which present the donors have been commoners wishing to help AAP, she claimed.
“I hope the goal will probably be met in coming days,” she mentioned.
Amid BJP’s claims that AAP was serving to unlawful Bangladeshis and Rohingyas staying in Delhi to turn into voters to make use of them as vote banks, Atishi hit again by questioning the safety on the borders underneath the BJP-led Central authorities.
“Amit Shah ought to inform from the place these Bangladeshis and Rohingyas got here. He’s chargeable for border safety and stopping infiltration by the India-Bangladesh borders,” she mentioned.
“How did the Rohingyas attain Delhi? What does it communicate of the legislation and order and safety preparations in the event that they managed to achieve Delhi after crossing the borders and passing by many states. If Rohingyas have reached Delhi, solely the BJP is chargeable for it,” Atishi mentioned.
Speaking about her re-election bid from Kalkaji, she mentioned the constituency was her “Karmbhumi” for the final 5 years the place individuals thought of her as their very own “daughter and sister”.
Expressing hopes of getting the wholehearted help of the voters this time as properly, Atishi mentioned she developed the constituency by treating its residents like her circle of relatives.
The 70-member Delhi Meeting will go to polls on February 5. The outcomes will probably be out on February 8.
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