Amid war of words over targeting of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her husband by AAP leaders, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva has reiterated that there is an ongoing power struggle for control between Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj as both speak on the same issues in tandem, which has now become evident. The AAP has alleged that instead of CM Rekha Gupta, her husband Manish Gupta is holding meetings with officers, & BJP is justifying it instead of calling it out.
Sachdeva stated that along with himself, Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra and BJP’s media head condemned Atishi’s post and raised questions regarding Sunita Kejriwal and Bhupendra Chaubey roles during the AAP government. Following this, Atishi failed to respond and, according to information, has left the country.
The Delhi BJP President expressed surprise that Bharadwaj, Delhi AAP chief, has come forward with similar baseless questions – the kind of baseless questions Atishi raised on Saturday.
He reiterated that CM Rekha Gupta has won the hearts of Delhi’s citizens through her service and hard work, having progressed from being Delhi University Student Union Secretary and President, to being elected as a municipal councillor from Pitampura three times, and now holding the post of Chief Minister.
Earlier Bharadwaj had alleged that official government meetings are being conducted not by CM Rekha Gupta but by her husband and demanded to know under what authority the CM’s husband is issuing directions to officers.
“Babasaheb Ambedkar gave India ‘Prajatantra’ (constitution and democracy), while the Bharatiya Janata Party has given this country ‘Parchi Tantra’. There was a time when veteran leaders who had spent years struggling for their party and for the people were chosen as Chief Ministers. But BJP’s record in recent years shows a different story altogether,” the AAP leader said.
Recalling examples across states, Bharadwaj said, “Be it Vasundhara Raje Scindia in Rajasthan, Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh, or senior leaders in other states – all have been sidelined. Instead, someone nobody could have even imagined is suddenly declared Chief Minister.”
