NEW DELHI: Minutes after AAP MLA Atishi's name was announced as the new Chief Minister of Delhi, city BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal took this decision under former deputy CM Manish Sisodia's pressure.
"Majburi mein bnaya gaya hai (Made her CM under pressure)," Sachdeva said, adding only the face of CM has changed while AAP's character remains same.
Atishi, who is the current MLA from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency, is a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the party and is currently serving as Minister of Education, PWD, Culture, and Tourism in the Delhi government. She was named CM after the meeting of all legislators who named her as their leader.
However, the Delhi BJP president stated that Kejriwal could not choose the leader of his choice due to strong pressure from former deputy CM Manish Sisodia.
"He could not make the CM he wanted because of pressure from Manish Sisodia. She was also given all the departments because of Manish Sisodia. Atishi has been made the CM under his pressure," Sachdeva said.
The Delhi BJP chief also questioned Atishi's performance for the portfolio she was holding till now.
"The Public Works Department is under her. Today you look at the condition of roads. Atishi was looking after the Education Department, and more than 1 lakh students of 9th class have failed. Someone has to answer their parents," Sachdeva said.
BJP leader Kapil Mishra accused Kejriwal of installing a leader of "Naxalite mentality" on Delhi through backdoor.
"Atishi's family had tried to stop the hanging of terrorist Afzal Guru. Kejriwal is committing the sin of imposing Naxalite mentality on Delhi through the backdoor," Mishra wrote on X.
He further said that today Aam Aadmi Party is choosing a CM who never had any connection with Anna movement and India Against Corruption. "The people of Delhi will never accept a Naxalite Communist Chief Minister," said Mishra.
