Delhi Chief Minister Atishi broke down today while responding to BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri’s controversial comment about her father. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader stated that the BJP leader had lowered himself to abusing an elderly man for the sake of elections.
“My father has been a teacher all his life…He cannot walk without support,” Atishi said haltingly during a press meet, apparently struggling to control her tears.
“For elections, he stooped so low…he will abuse an old man. This country’s politics can stoop so low…I cannot believe it. He is asking for votes by abusing my old father,” the Chief Minister said.
Ramesh Bidhuri, BJP candidate from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency, sparked controversy on Sunday after making a derogatory remark about Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. While addressing a public gathering at BJP’s Parivartan Rally in Delhi’s Rohini, he said that Atishi “changed her father,” in a jibe aimed at her.
“Atishi has changed her father. She used to be Marlena, now she is Singh. Her parents had filed a petition seeking clemency for Afzal Guru, the man responsible for killing young people,” Bidhuri said.
“This Marlena (Atishi) became Singh. She changed her name. Arvind Kejriwal swore on his children not to align with the corrupt Congress. Marlena changed her father. This reflects the character of the Aam Aadmi Party,” he added and PTI reported.
Meanwhile, taking to the social media platform, Arvind Kejriwal wrote on X, “BJP leaders are using filthy language against Delhi’s Chief Minister Atishi. The people of Delhi will not tolerate the insult of a female Chief Minister. All the women of Delhi will take revenge for this.”
AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said, “If he can use derogatory language for a female Chief Minister, just imagine how he would treat an ordinary woman if, by mistake, Ramesh Bidhuri becomes an MLA. The BJP is insulting women because they will blindly support their son and brother (Arvind Kejriwal). Ramesh Bidhuri will be badly defeated by this female Chief Minister.”
