Amid the row over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s photograph on the wall with legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh’s grandnephew Yadvinder Sandhu mentioned that he felt terrible after watching that. He additional requested the Aam Aadmi Social gathering to chorus from such actions.
“This morning, a video of Sunita Kejriwal (spouse of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal) got here wherein a photograph of Arvind Kejriwal was placed on the wall together with Bhagat Singh and Baba Saheb Ambedkar. I felt terrible after watching this. An try was made to match him with the legends, I might ask the Aam Aadmi Social gathering to chorus from such actions,” Sandhu mentioned.
VIDEO | Right here’s what grandson of Bhagat Singh, Yadvinder Sandhu, mentioned on the {photograph} of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal behind bars, flanked by portraits of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar.
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Yadvinder Singh Sandhu is the grandson of Bhagat Singh’s youthful brother Kulbir Singh. He mentioned that politics in right this moment’s time has turned private and Bhagat Singh’s contribution to the nation was not private. Sandhu additional said that no chief ought to be in contrast with Bhagat Singh and if AAP has achieved this by mistake, they should appropriate it and take away Kejriwal’s photograph.
“If we have a look at the politics of right this moment, it’s turning private. Politics is being achieved for private profit…Any chief shouldn’t be in contrast with him (Bhagat Singh)…Bhagat Singh’s contribution was for the nation and society. It wasn’t private…If AAP has achieved this by mistake, they should appropriate it and take away the photograph (of Arvind Kejriwal) positioned between Dr BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh,” Sandhu mentioned.
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Throughout a digital briefing by Kejriwal’s spouse Sunita Kejriwal, the background had portraits of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar, flanking {a photograph} of the Delhi chief minister in jail.
A confrontation erupted on Thursday over {a photograph} of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal behind bars being flanked by portraits of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar, with the BJP demanding its speedy elimination. Sunita Kejriwal on Thursday conveyed to AAP MLAs the chief minister’s message from Tihar jail in a digital briefing.
The backdrop drew sharp criticism from the BJP, which accused the AAP of injuring individuals’s sentiments and demanded that Kejriwal’s {photograph} be instantly eliminated.
“Kejriwal is a corruption accused and by placing up his {photograph} between these of patriots comparable to Shaheed-e-Azam (Bharat Singh) and Dr Ambedkar, the AAP has insulted their dignity,” alleged Virendra Sachdeva, the BJP’s Delhi unit chief, as quoted by PTI.
AAP chief Sanjay Singh requested why one cannot put a photograph with Bhagat Singh. “What’s the situation right here? Arvind Kejriwal is the celebration convener. What’s the downside if his photograph is there with Bhagat Singh or Ambedkar? We’re solely making an attempt to observe of their footsteps, we aren’t saying we’re equals. Folks take selfies with the statues of Bhagat Singh, Netaji, and Ambedkar. Even in election campaigns, politicians put up pictures with such legends,” Singh mentioned, as per a Hindustan Instances report.
Senior AAP chief Atishi alleged that the BJP-led Centre has despatched Kejriwal to jail beneath false costs. Chatting with reporters, Atishi mentioned, “Kejriwal is the image of the present wrestle towards the BJP’s dictatorship. His {photograph} at our workplaces is to remind us that the wrestle towards the BJP is at least the liberty motion,” as quoted by PTI.
“There was a time when individuals of the nation fought towards the British rulers. Now we’re struggling towards the ‘dictatorship’ of the BJP,” she mentioned.
However, the saffron celebration mentioned that the AAP ought to be “ashamed” of itself for placing up Kejriwal’s {photograph} among the many portraits of patriots. The AAP has been consistently degrading “political decorum” by permitting the jailed chief minister’s spouse to take a seat and situation political messages from his “official room and chair”, Sachdeva mentioned.
Kejriwal is in judicial custody until April 15 in reference to a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi authorities’s now-scrapped excise coverage.