Continuing her criticism of AAP’s decision to pick Aitish as the next Delhi CM, disgruntled Maliwal claimed that Aitishi’s parents “had close ties with Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani“, one of the accused in the 2001 Parliament attack.
Maliwal took a “god protect Delhi” dig at Atishi, claiming that Atishi’s parents also attended a programme organised by Geelani in memory of Afzal Guru at Delhi’s Press Club.
“Atishi Marlena’s parents had close ties with SAR Geelani. Geelani was accused of having a hand in the attack on Parliament. In 2016, he organised a programme in the memory of Afzal Guru at the Press Club of Delhi. Atishi Marlena’s parents were with Gilani on stage in that programme,” the AAP MP wrote.
Malwai further claimed: “Slogans were raised in this programme – ‘If one Afzal dies, lakhs will be born’., ‘Kashmir demands freedom’. Atishi Marlena’s parents have written an article titled ‘Arrest and torture of Syed Geelani’. God protect Delhi!
Soon after AAP announced Atishi’s name for the CM post on Tuesday — Maliwal launched a piercing attack on the party and called Atishi a “dummy CM” and the decision “a sad day for Delhi”.
Maliwal further shared a letter, alleging that Atishi’s parents wrote a mercy petition in favour of Afazal Guru, who was hanged for his involvement in the 2001 Parliament attack.
AAP asks her to resign
Reacting to Maliwal’s attack on her own party, AAP leader Dilip Pandey said if she had even “little shame left”, she should resign as Rajya Sabha MP and instead “get a BJP ticket”.
“Understand one thing. Swati Maliwal is a person who takes the ticket to Rajya Sabha from AAP but takes the script to react from BJP. If she has even a little shame, she should resign as a Rajya Sabha MP and choose the path to Rajya Sabha on a BJP ticket. If she wants to be in Rajya Sabha, she should get ticket from BJP,” Dilip Pandey told news agency ANI.
The relations between Maliwal and AAP went downhill after the former alleged that she was assaulted by Kejriwal’s close aide Bibhav Kumar at CM’s house.
Earlier this month, however, the Supreme Court granted bail to Bibhav Kumar in the case. The apex court noted that Kumar had been in custody for 100 days and that a chargesheet was already filed in the case.
The court also directed that Bibhav Kumar should not be reinstated as the personal assistant or given any official assignment in the CM office.
Source Agencies
