Delhi’s New Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s Old Social Media Posts Trigger Row

Delhi’s new Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s previous posts on social media by which she took swipes at former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal are being cited by her followers in addition to critics since Wednesday night, when the affirmation of her identify for the highest publish got here.

Whereas supporters of Ms Gupta, 50, a first-time MLA from the BJP, shared the previous posts to mock Mr Kejriwal’s defeat within the Delhi election after the Aam Aadmi Get together’s (AAP) energy run of 10 years, the supporters of the AAP chief drew consideration to what they described as inappropriate language utilized by Ms Gupta in attacking her political rival.

BJP supporters have indicated on social media that Ms Gupta’s previous posts confirmed she has been a fierce and constant critic of Mr Kejriwal and the earlier AAP authorities in Delhi. She used a wide range of memes to mock the AAP chief.

YouTuber Tushar Gupta, who runs the coverage and politics channel ‘The Atom’, in a publish on X stated Ms Gupta’s previous posts are being regurgitated by “haters” as a result of she took on Mr Kejriwal when the AAP was seen to be standard within the nationwide capital after sweeping the meeting elections twice.

“Individuals are hating on Rekha Gupta, the brand new Chief Minister of Delhi, selecting up her previous tweets. They do not look after the language, they only hate the truth that somebody was answering again to Arvind Kejriwal and Co within the language they greatest perceive,” the YouTuber stated.

Some AAP supporters shared screenshots of Ms Gupta’s previous posts criticising Mr Kejriwal with memes on X (previously Twitter), which have been deleted.

Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose was one of many Opposition leaders who posted about Ms Gupta’s previous tweets.

“Disturbing reviews on social media on Delhi’s new Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s previous abusive language and rowdyism. What a far cry from the onerous working and gracious Sheila Dixit and the articulate parliamentarian Sushma Swaraj. However that is the ‘new’ BJP the place vicious abuse and vitriol have been normalised,” Ms Ghose alleged.

The X person, Nyaksha, responded to the Trinamool MP, “The dynamic language was rightly used in opposition to corrupt ministers. And with that intent, it nonetheless sounds higher than ‘hamba hamba, bamba bamba, khamba khamba.”

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made the “humba humba” remark in February 2021 geared toward her former colleagues who joined the BJP. The Bengal chief minister made the feedback in reference to the clip clops {that a} bovine animal makes because it walks.

The BJP returned to energy in Delhi after 26 years. A few of the first steps it can take embody fulfilling key election guarantees, persevering with welfare schemes of the earlier AAP authorities, discovering an answer to Delhi’s air pollution and infrastructure points, and cleansing the River Yamuna.

The celebration received 48 seats within the 70-member meeting, placing a full cease on the AAP’s decade-long Delhi march. The AAP received 22 seats, a catastrophic decline from its sturdy place 5 years in the past.