The Opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Congress fired salvos at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday saying it was resorting to “drama politics”, even as the ruling party denied passing a resolution in the Delhi Assembly seeking revocation of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna.
Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said if no such resolution was passed, then why the AAP was denying it now. “If the resolution moved by the ruling party MLA was not passed, then the Government should resign,” he said.
Tiwari further said it is an example of drama politics of the AAP in which public exchequer is being misused to make a mockery of the Legislative Assembly.
Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken also demanded an apology from AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on the issue.
Delhi Congress workers on Saturday also staged a protest in front of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office over the recent development.
Sharing a video of Friday’s assembly proceedings, Maken claimed “the resolution was passed by the AAP in Delhi Assembly”. “Presiding over, is the speaker of Delhi Assembly, who was a BJP MLA in the 1st Delhi Assembly in 1993. Will not rest till Kejriwal apologises and withdraws this resolution! Call a special session,” he tweeted.
Union Minister and senior BJP leader Vijay Goel alleged the controversial issue has “exposed the two-faced character of the AAP”. “The level to which Aam Aadmi Party can stoop, one instance can be seen in the resolution it passed in the Assembly... AAP is merely shedding crocodile tears on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots,” he said.
The Minister also alleged that the AAP was worried more about the “alliance with the Congress” than the pains of the Sikh community.
BJP’s leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta claimed Chief Minister Kejriwal has “joined hands with the Congress” and wants to go back on the resolution, seeking revocation of the
Bharat Ratna conferred on Gandhi, to “reach an understanding” with the Congress.
“The AAP should clarify what its first priority - justice is for Sikhs or understanding with the Congress,” Gupta said.