Sachdeva posts controversial Atishi video, challenges Kejriwal for FIR
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Sunday posted on his ‘X’ account the controversial video related to the Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi, and issued an open challenge to Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal to register FIRs against him and thousands of party workers posting the video. He said that no BJP worker in Delhi is afraid of false FIRs being lodged at the behest of Kejriwal.
Meanwhile, several AAP leaders, including its Delhi unit president Saurabh Bhardwaj, were detained on Sunday when they were holding a protest against the BJP over the Guru Tegh Bahadur issue, accusing the ruling party of circulating a “doctored” video of former Delhi chief minister Atishi.
The protest was held near the BJP headquarters, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders demanding an apology from Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
Sachdeva said that Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra had shared the video clip related to Atishi’s controversial statement during the Assembly proceedings on ‘X’, following which the AAP government in Punjab got an FIR registered against him.
The Delhi BJP President said that he has posted the same video clip on his own account and has also appealed to thousands of BJP workers to share it. Sachdeva said that if Kejriwal has the courage, the Punjab government should register FIRs against him and thousands of BJP workers.
On Friday, the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate filed an FIR in connection with uploading and circulating the “edited” and “doctored” video of Atishi in the Delhi Assembly.
In a video post on X, Atishi had claimed that she was talking about the BJP running away from a discussion on pollution and about their protest in the Assembly on the issue of stray dogs. But the BJP deliberately added a false subtitle and inserted the name of Guru Tegh Bahadur into it, she had claimed, referring to the clip. The former Delhi chief minister also said that she belongs to a family in which, for generations, the eldest son adopted Sikhism. She would rather die than insult the Guru Sahib, Atishi had said.
Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that a rift has emerged within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and, possibly at the behest of Arvind Kejriwal himself, AAP MLAs are distancing themselves from the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi.
