NEW DELHI, Feb 2
Ahead of the planned protest concerning the Chandigarh Mayor election by the Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed concern, stating that individuals intending to engage in peaceful protests have encountered impediments at different locations throughout the national capital. Taking on social media site X (formerly Twitter) Delhi CM Kejriwal wrote “All across Delhi, they are detaining elected MLAs, councillors and volunteers who were coming to the party office. What is this going on?”
“Stolen votes in the first Chandigarh Mayor election. Now the people coming to protest peacefully against this are being stopped at various places across Delhi,” added Kejriwal.
Meanwhile, hitting out at the union government over the detention of AAP MLA, Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “Has there been an emergency in the country now? “”This is our elected MLA from Gandhinagar. Has there been an emergency in the country now? Can’t even hold a peaceful protest?”Delhi Minister Atishi also said that buses full of AAP volunteers have been detained outside the party office. “Heavy barricades all across Delhi, buses full of AAP volunteers being detained, hundreds of para-military forces outside the AAP party office – why is the BJP so scared of a protest on the Chandigarh mayor elections?” Delhi Minister Atishi posted on X.On Wednesday, AAP leader Priyanka Kakkar announced that both Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann are set to join the party’s protest at the BJP office in Delhi, addressing the intense developments witnessed in the Chandigarh Mayoral poll results.
The AAP leader termed the Chandigarh mayoral polls “unconstitutional, illegal, and immoral.”
She also accused the BJP of practising,”electoral malpractices” to win the polls.
“Yesterday, the BJP won the Chandigarh mayoral polls in an unconstitutional, illegal, and immoral manner.
Everything was captured by the camera.
If the BJP can do such things just to win the mayoral polls, think what kind of electoral malpractice it can do in the election in which 90 crore people cast their votes,” Kakkar said.
