In a fresh attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on the issue of corruption, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday launched a song and poster on ‘Sheesh Mahal’, ahead of the Assembly polls. The song “Sheesh Mahal Aapda Failane Walon Ka Adda” and a poster titled “Aapda-e-Azam” were released at a press conference of Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva. “Sheesh Mahal” is a political moniker used by the BJP for 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow occupied earlier by Kejriwal as Delhi chief minister to accuse him of “corruption”.Sharing it on X, Delhi BJP wrote, "Delhi ki Janta ne thaana hai, Sheesh Mahal wale AAPda-e-Azam ko hatana hai (Delhi's public has vowed to remove Sheesh Mahal's AAPda-e-Azam)."
The person who came to power for a change and to take care of Delhi modified his own character and behaviour. Delhi people are looking for development while Kejriwal is abusing them for asking questions," Sachdeva said. He said that the released song narrates the story of Kejriwal's "corruption" and the "Sheesh Mahal" readied with taxpayers' money.
"Sheesh Mahal" is a political moniker used by the BJP for 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow occupied earlier by Kejriwal as Delhi chief minister to accuse him of "corruption". The AAP has hit back at the BJP citing expenditure on the residence and plane used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ahead of the Assembly polls, Modi attacked Kejriwal recently in the "Parivartan Rally" at Rohini, over "Sheesh Mahal" and dubbed AAP as "Aapda" (disaster) for Delhi, giving a call to replace it with BJP in power. The "Aapda-e-Azam" showed Kejriwal's photoshopped image in an imperial Mughal attire. "People used to go to have a look at the palaces of the Mughals during their rule. The Sheesh Mahal built by Delhi's Aapda-e-Azam (Kejriwal) is a blot on the city," Sachdeva charged.
This move came in response to an AAP poster targeting the BJP, which featured Ramesh Bidhuri, the BJP candidate from Kalkaji, and dubbed the BJP as "Gaali Galoch Party." AAP captioned it on X with, "Gaalibaaz party ka gaalibaaz CM chehra (Abusive CM face of an abusive party)."The BJP and AAP are locked in an intense battle for Delhi, with BJP's Parvesh Verma contesting against Kejriwal in the New Delhi Assembly seat, while Ramesh Bidhuri takes on Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Congress candidate Alka Lamba in Kalkaji. Congress candidate Sandeep Dikshit is also vying for the New Delhi seat, adding another layer to the contest.
