‘Ramesh Bidhuri looking for votes by abusing my aged father’: Delhi CM Atishi breaks down after BJP chief’s remarks | Delhi Information

Bidhuri, who’s contesting in opposition to the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) candidate Atishi and Congress’s Alka Lamba from Kalkaji within the upcoming Delhi Meeting elections, spoke earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his deal with and tore into the AAP authorities for neglecting improvement.

Requested about Bidhuri’s feedback, Atishi stated, “My father is a trainer. He has taught a number of kids from economically weaker sections. He’s 80 years outdated; he’s so unwell that he can’t stroll with out help. Is that this the extent that you’ll stoop to to win an election? Will you begin abusing an aged man? I might by no means have imagined that this nation’s political discourse would stoop to such a low degree.”

Calling the assault “saddening”, she stated, “Ramesh Bidhuri ji has been an MP from Delhi for 10 years. He ought to inform the folks of Delhi what he did for the folks of the constituency. He ought to present that his work in ten years is best than mine prior to now 5 years. He ought to search votes on the premise of the work he has performed. As a substitute, he’s looking for votes by abusing my aged father.”

This was the second time Bidhuri’s statements got here below hearth after he was named BJP’s candidate from Kalkaj. On Saturday, throughout a public deal with in Kalkaji, he made a touch upon Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi, eliciting sharp reactions from a number of quarters.

“Lalu (Prasad Yadav) ne kaha tha Bihar most important ki Bihar ki sadkon ko most important Hema Malini ji ke gaalon jaisi bana dunga. Lalu ne jhoot bola tha. Nahi bana paaya. Lekin most important aapko vishwas dilata hoon, kaise Okhla ki sadkein humne bana di hain, Sangam Vihar ki bana di hain, isi tarah, Kalkaji… ki saari ki saari sadkein, Priyanka Gandhi ke gaal jaisi zaroor bana denge. (Lalu stated in Bihar, he would make roads as clean as Hema Malini’s cheeks. Lalu lied; he couldn’t do it. However I guarantee you, similar to we improved roads in Okhla and Sangam Vihar, we will certainly make all roads in Kalkaji as clean as Priyanka Gandhi’s cheeks),” he had stated.

Whereas he initially defended his feedback, asking the Congress to hunt an apology from Lalu Prasad Yadav, he later expressed “remorse”.

Tagging BJP nationwide president J P Nadda, BJP in-charge for Delhi Baijayant Panda and Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, he posted, “Some persons are making statements on social media for political acquire with a fallacious notion based mostly on an announcement given by me in some context. My intention was to not insult anybody. However nonetheless, if anybody has been damage, then I specific my remorse.”