New Delhi:
As the competition for Delhi Meeting polls hots up, BP candidate from the New Delhi constituency Parvesh Verma accused Aam Aadmi Social gathering chief and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of misusing official equipment from Punjab, other than “Chinese language CCTV cameras”, within the capital.
“Hundreds of autos with Punjab registration plates are roaming round in New Delhi. Gadgets like water dispensers, chairs and different supplies are being transported to Delhi in vans belonging to the Punjab authorities,” the BJP chief claimed. He additionally urged the Election Fee to curb the misuse of assets owned by the Punjab authorities in Delhi.
Verma claimed Kejriwal fears “imminent defeat” from New Delhi and is getting Chinese language CCTV cameras put in within the constituency’s slums only for the present with the assistance of the Punjab authorities. He additional claimed that the Chinese language CCTV cameras, put in in a “hurried method”, pose a safety risk.
He additional stated Punjab authorities’s academics and workers are “masquerading as AAP employees” in Delhi, because the election campaigns proceed in full swing. Verma additionally claimed that two academics hailing from Amritsar have been arrested by the police.
In response, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stated Verma has “insulted” Punjabis and demanded an apology from Union Residence Minister Amit Shah. Mann stated in a put up on X that Delhi is the nation’s capital and autos registered in varied states ply within the metropolis. He added that autos registered in any state can ply anyplace within the nation and there’s no restriction on it.
Mann added that Verma’s assertion is “harmful, worrisome and insulting for Punjabis”, including that his assertion colludes to the idea that Punjabis are a “risk” to the nation’s safety and sought an apology from Union house minister Amit Shah over it.
“Amit Shahji, you might be neither capable of maintain the nation’s border protected nor Delhi. Hundreds of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas are coming to the nation, do not you could have an issue with them? However you might be calling Punjabis coming from Punjab to Delhi a risk to the nation. It’s best to apologise to Punjabis,” Mann stated.
Kejriwal, in the meantime, stated the BJP ought to apologise to the Punjabi group. “Lakhs of Punjabi refugees reside in Delhi, who left every thing behind in the course of the troublesome instances of partition and settled in Delhi. By what BJP leaders are saying right this moment, they’re insulting their martyrdom and sacrifice,” he stated in a social media put up in Hindi.
The 70-member Delhi Meeting is scheduled to go to polls on February 5 and the outcomes are set to be declared on February 8.