The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday asked the Election Commission to ban Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in the national Capital over his alleged provocative speeches and sought registration of FIR against him.
Responding to Yogi’s speech, AAP Rajya Sabha MP and senior leader Sanjay Singh said it has been 48 hours since the AAP has sought time from the Election Commission to meet them but the same has not been granted.
“Issueless and leaderless BJP plans to spoil the elections in Delhi. The problems created during the election campaigns testify this. Two Union Ministers sowed the seeds of hatred and violence in Delhi. Influenced by these leaders, their followers brought guns to Delhi and fired at people”, he said.
Attacking Delhi Police, he said unfortunately it watched such unwanted instances of violence silently and indifferently. “Yogi has made the entire Uttar Pradesh sick. Nearly 60 children died in his home town due to lack of oxygen in the ICU. Thousands of children died due to various diseases in UP. Television channels reported that in Sonbhadra in UP that one packet of milk mixed with one bucket of water and served to children as part of their mid-day meal,” he said.
Singh further said Yogi came in Delhi and talked about some issues to divide people.
The AAP has demanded banning Yogi from campaigning after he echoed in the line of BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s “Goli Maro…Yogi had reportedly said, “Boli se nahi to goli se maan hie jaayega”, during in an election rally in outer Delhi on Friday. The CM warned those attacking the Kanwariyas.
Targeting the BJP, he said it has no issue for Assembly polls and in absence of issues, BJP leaders resorted to divisive tactics and speeches in order to spoil the electoral debate and polarise the electorate.
Continuing his relentless attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal,Yogi on Sunday while addressing a rally in Badarpur of Southeast Delhi said, “When the provisions of Article 370, that gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir, were abrogated; pain was felt by Pakistan and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.”
Also, Yogi termed the Shaheen Bagh protest a “malicious attempt to disturb peace and normal life”. “When Article 370 was abrogated, pain was felt by Pakistan and Arvind Kejriwal,” Adityanath said, addressing a rally in south Delhi’s Badarpur.
Yogi said in the Delhi elections, on one side there is the leadership of Narendra Modi for development and nationalism, on the other, there is the Congress and Kejriwal who “support divisive forces”.
“The BJP is working with zero tolerance towards terrorism. But Kejriwal is busy with sponsoring and offering biryani in Shaheen Bagh,” he said.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh Singh said it has been 48 hours since his party sought time from the Election Commission for a meeting but it has not been granted.
“He (Yogi) must be arrested for his communal speeches. We have lodged a complaint with the EC,” he said.