AAP wants EC to bar Yogi from campaigning
NEW DELHI: The AAP on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission of India (EC) demanding a “complete ban” on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in Delhi for the BJP. It also wanted Adityanath’s arrest for his speech in the city on Saturday.
Adityanath in Rohini on Saturday had trained guns at Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, and stated that protesters in Shaheen Bagh were being fed biryani by the AAP government.
The BJP, later, hit back saying that the AAP was using tactics to stop the party from fielding strong campaigners in the city.
“AAP demands complete ban on Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in Delhi and appeals for his arrest in the light of communal speeches in its complaint lodged with the election commission today,” said the AAP’S Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. “Adityanath has failed to fix pressing issues in UP. But he delivers divisive speeches in Delhi. BJP leaders can’t talk about education, health, electricity and water as they have miserably failed in their states.”
Singh also criticised Union home minister Amit Shah. “Under the influence of Amit Shah, Delhi Police is silent and indifferent towards the divisive tactics of the BJP. But the EC can’t remain indifferent to this grave issue,” he said.
On Saturday, Adityanath had spoken in length about issues related to terrorism, national security and attack on security forces in Pulwama, among others. Adityanath is listed among the BJP’S star campaigners.
Senior BJP leader and the party’ Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel said, “Kejriwal can foresee his defeat and so he is using such tactics to stop our strong campaigners. The election commission is capable of taking up such cases suo moto. The weak leadership of the AAP should focus on their own public meetings and campaigns.”