NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday accused the BJP of attempting to seize her official residence at 6, Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines, claiming that the party’s frustration with its electoral failures has led to desperate actions.
Atishi at a press conference said the BJP was frustrated as it was not able to defeat the Aam Aadmi Party in elections and was thus resorting to desperate measures.
“The BJP is in tension because they haven’t been able to defeat us at the polls. They couldn’t even secure double-digit seats in the assembly, and their ‘Operation Lotus’ to break our party also failed. Even jailing our leaders didn’t work,” she said.
The BJP responded by saying that the AAP was indulging in a “drama” and playing “victim card” over the property to gain sympathy.
The Flagstaff Road bungalow is not an official residence of Delhi chief minister as AAP is trying to portray, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva claimed. Atishi said the AAP was not in politics for cars and bungalows.“If the BJP gets peace by encroaching on the CM house, they are welcome to it. Our party isn’t in politics for bungalows or cars. If necessary, AAP ministers and MLAs are ready to work from the streets,” she said.
On Wednesday, the party claimed Atishi was made to “forcibly vacate” the 6 Flagstaff Road bungalow.
The AAP on Thursday shared images showing Delhi Chief Minister Atishi signing files at her Kalkaji residence surrounded by packed cartons of her belongings, a day after the party claimed she was made to “forcibly vacate” the 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow in the national capital.
Posting the images on X, AAP leader Sanjay Singh lashed out at the BJP, saying it cannot take away Atishi’s commitment to work for the people of Delhi.He also accused the BJP of “throwing away” a woman chief minister’s belongings from her “residence” during the ongoing Navratri festival.
Addressing a press conference, the Rajya Sabha MP accused the BJP of trying to “forcibly capture” the “chief minister’s residence”. “This is a grave disrespect to an elected woman chief minister and the people of Delhi. A party that has been out of power in Delhi for 27 years is trying to capture the CM’s house forcibly,” Singh said.
