New Delhi:
BJP chief Ramesh Bidhuri has raised one other controversy along with his feedback, this time over the identify of Delhi Chief Minister Atishi.
Mr Bidhuri is contesting the Delhi meeting election from Kalkaji constituency, which is at current represented by Atishi from the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP).
At a rally in Delhi’s Rohini on Sunday, Mr Bidhuri raised the matter of Atishi’s surname change – a matter that was additionally controversial previously, particularly through the marketing campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha election when Atishi contested from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.
Atishi misplaced the 2019 Lok Sabha election to the BJP’s Gautam Gambhir by a margin of over 4.7 lakh votes.
Mr Bidhuri had just expressed regret over one other “sexist” touch upon Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, when the Atishi row hit him this night.
In an undated video, the BJP chief was heard saying the occasion would make all of the roads in south Delhi’s Kalkaji just like the “cheeks of Priyanka Gandhi” if it got here to energy.
Mr Bidhuri later informed information company ANI his feedback on Priyanka Gandhi have been made within the context of remarks made by former Bihar chief minister Lalu Yadav, who, years in the past, reportedly mentioned he would make the roads of Bihar “as clean as Hema Malini’s cheeks”.
Although Lalu Yadav’s one-liner was repeatedly referenced over time, in 2010 he denied ever having mentioned it and accused his rivals of attributing the remark falsely to him.
Mr Bidhuri, nonetheless, supplied to take again his phrases.
“Such statements have been made earlier than. I’ve mentioned that within the context of what Lalu Yadav had mentioned. The Congress remained silent on that even when he [Lalu Yadav] was a minister of their authorities. If anybody is harm by my comment, I categorical remorse over it and I take my phrases again,” the BJP chief mentioned.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal criticised Mr Bidhuri, saying the BJP and its leaders have crossed all the boundaries of “shamelessness.”
“BJP leaders are hurling abuses at Delhi chief minister Atishi ji. Delhi folks is not going to tolerate the insult of a girl chief minister. All the ladies in Delhi will take revenge for this,” Mr Kejriwal mentioned in a put up on X.
BJP नेता रमेश बिधूड़ी ने जिस तरह की भाषा का इस्तेमाल महिला मुख्यमंत्री आतिशी जी को लेकर किया है, वह उनकी मानसिकता को दिखाता है।
ये लोग महिला मुख्यमंत्री को लेकर ऐसी बातें कर सकते हैं तो अगर गलती से भी ये जीत गए तो आम महिलाओं के प्रति इनका क्या व्यवहार होगा।
–@PKakkar_ pic.twitter.com/r3ZNTpOE83
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) January 5, 2025
The AAP in a press release mentioned Mr Bidhuri’s “abusive remarks” in opposition to a feminine chief minister uncovered the BJP’s “anti-women” mindset.
“If he behaves this fashion now, think about the therapy atypical ladies would face if he mistakenly turns into an MLA,” the AAP mentioned in a press release.
The meeting elections in Delhi are prone to be held in February. The Congress, which dominated Delhi for 15 successive years, didn’t win a single seat within the final two meeting elections within the nationwide capital. The AAP gained 62 out of the 70 seats within the 2020 meeting elections and the BJP bought eight.
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