Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has released a radio advertisement related to communal violence in any other State. Making a fervent appeal to maintain communal harmony, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his radio advertisement has warned people against “poisonous politicians.” Eyebrows are being raised on his radio advertisement as the incident took place in Dadri and what was the point of issuance of such advertisement for other State.
Referring to the Dadri incident, and arrest of several young men, Kejriwal asked how the place which had lived in perfect harmony for 70 years with not even children fighting with each other had been torn apart by communal violenceIJ
Without naming any political party, Kejriwal said, "Please do not be influenced by what poisonous politicians say. It is very easy for them to stoke communal tension but if we do not get influenced by them, their dirty politics will end." Kejriwal said that the communal tension in Bisara was going to benefit only a handful of politicians, who after some time would leave the place to start their preparations for the next elections.
The Chief Minister also appealed to the media not to report provocative comments made by politicians.
Kejriwal, who visited Dadri village on October 3, had attacked both the BJP, which rules at the Centre, and the Samajwadi Party, which governs Uttar Pradesh.
A day later, BJP law-maker Sangeet Som had visited Bishada and made some controversial statements. Som, who has been charged with making inflammatory speeches ahead of the deadly 2013 riots in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffanagar area, is out on bail.
The chief minister also tweeted : "Collusion between parties in the state and CentreIJ What is happening is quite dangerous." He even questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for remaining silent on the Dadri incident. "PM's silence almost a tacit approval," the tweet read.
The AAP government had earlier come under fire for setting aside Rs 526.74 crore for information and publicity in its maiden budget for 2015-16. With an outlay of Rs 41,129 crore for the current financial year, the opposition had termed the advertising budget "ridiculous", especially since the government had trimmed its outlay for infrastructure work like road repair.
The government had already received severe criticism for a television advertisement that had showed a housewife struggling with day-to-day work while her husband sat around watching TV. The campaign had reportedly cost Rs 1.5 crore to the state exchequer.
leader of opposition Vijender Gupta had said that the allocation was 2,200% more than the previous year's allocation. "The AAP government wants to present its leader Arvind Kejriwal as a messiah."