Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday served a legal notice to BJP’s East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir after the latter described the AAP convenor as ‘filth’ in the wake of a controversy over derogatory pamphlets against AAP candidate Atishi, reported news agency ANI.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday served a legal notice to BJP’s East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir after the latter described the AAP convenor as ‘filth’ in the wake of a controversy over derogatory pamphlets against AAP candidate Atishi, reported news agency ANI.
Kejriwal sought immediate apology in writing and asked the cricketer-turned-politician to publish the same “along with true and correct facts” in newspapers and on social media within 24 hours.
On Thursday, a day before campaigning for the Lok Sabha election ended in Delhi, Atishi had accused rival BJP candidate Gambhir of distributing across the constituency a pamphlet containing derogatory remarks on her personal life. Gambhir had denied the allegation and sent a defamation notice to AAP leaders while suggesting that Kejriwal, who he referred to as “filth”, was behind the unsigned pamphlet titled ‘Atishi Marlena – Know Your Candidate’.
“I abhor your act of outraging a woman’s modesty @ArvindKejriwal and that too your own colleague. And all this for winning elections? U r filth Mr CM and someone needs ur very own jhadoo (broom) to clean ur dirty mind,” Gambhir had tweeted.
Gambhir also dared Kejriwal and Atishi to prove the allegations against him. “I declare that if its proven that I did it, I will withdraw my candidature right now. If not, will u quit politics? I feel ashamed to have a CM like @ArvindKejriwal,” he said.
Earlier, AAP had also sent a legal notice to BJP and Gambhir in reference with the pamphlets and asked for an immediate apology from them in writing on Friday.
Kejriwal sought immediate apology in writing and asked the cricketer-turned-politician to publish the same “along with true and correct facts” in newspapers and on social media within 24 hours.
On Thursday, a day before campaigning for the Lok Sabha election ended in Delhi, Atishi had accused rival BJP candidate Gambhir of distributing across the constituency a pamphlet containing derogatory remarks on her personal life. Gambhir had denied the allegation and sent a defamation notice to AAP leaders while suggesting that Kejriwal, who he referred to as “filth”, was behind the unsigned pamphlet titled ‘Atishi Marlena – Know Your Candidate’.
“I abhor your act of outraging a woman’s modesty @ArvindKejriwal and that too your own colleague. And all this for winning elections? U r filth Mr CM and someone needs ur very own jhadoo (broom) to clean ur dirty mind,” Gambhir had tweeted.
Gambhir also dared Kejriwal and Atishi to prove the allegations against him. “I declare that if its proven that I did it, I will withdraw my candidature right now. If not, will u quit politics? I feel ashamed to have a CM like @ArvindKejriwal,” he said.
Earlier, AAP had also sent a legal notice to BJP and Gambhir in reference with the pamphlets and asked for an immediate apology from them in writing on Friday.