The BJP’s Kalkaji candidate Ramesh Bidhuri courted yet another controversy after objectifying Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, this time getting personal with Delhi chief minister Atishi. Speaking at the BJP’s Parivartan Rally in Rohini that was later addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bidhuri claimed Atishi changed her surname from “Marlena” to “Singh”.
Atishi, who is the sitting MLA from the Kalkaji seat, dropped her surname a while back.”This ‘Marlena’ became Singh, changed name… Marlena changed her father. Earlier she was Marlena, now she has become Singh. This is their character,” Bidhuri said.
Chief Minister Atishi broke down while addressing a press conference over BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri’s remarks against her. Responding to Bidhuri’s comments, Atishi questioned the downgrading of politics. Bidhuri, BJP’s candidate from Kalkaji who will be contesting against Atishi triggered controversy for his remarks on the AAP leader’s surname.
“How can our politics be downgraded so much? He should show what work he has done for Kalkaji when he was MP for 10 years. He should ask for votes based on his work, not by abusing my father,” she said.
“I want to tell Ramesh Bidhuri, my father was a teacher throughout his life, he has taught thousands of children coming from poor and lower-middle-class families, now he is 80 years old, now he is really ill that he can’t even walk without help. Will you (Ramesh Bidhuri) do such a dirty thing for the sake of election? He has come down to the situation where he is abusing an old man. I never thought that this country’s politics could stoop so low.”
She warned that Delhi people will not tolerate the insult of a woman chief minister and all the women in Delhi will take revenge for this. As the video of Bidhuri’s speech showed up on the internet, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP, saying its leaders crossed all the limits of “shamelessness.”