NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday cited the support of CM Atishi‘s parents for the campaign for clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to allege that Aam Aadmi Party had links with NGOs who supported a terrorist whom Supreme Court sentenced to death for plotting the attack, which almost triggered a war with Pakistan.
Talking to reporters after Delhi Police claimed that the hundreds of calls over the past few months threatening terror attacks on schools were made by a 17-year-old whose one parent had signed the petition seeking clemency for Guru, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said Kejriwal owed an answer to people because of its antecedents. Describing the police findings as sensitive and serious, Trivedi claimed that the probe revealed the student’s parents were associated with NGOs involved in activities considered inimical to national security.
He said AAP had come out in support of those who raised “tukde tukde” slogans in JNU in 2015 wishing India’s dismemberment and vowing revenge for Guru’s death, while the Kejriwal govt had sat over Delhi Police’s request for sanction for prosecution of the “tukde tukde” gang for years before giving in to popular pressure.
“All of us know that AAP has deep bonds with NGOs who opposed Afzal Guru’s hanging. In Feb 2015, ‘tukde tukde’ slogans were raised on Afzal Guru’s death anniversary, and AAP kept the file closed for months. Who are the people behind these NGOs, and are they related to AAP? Both parents of Delhi CM Atishi supported the clemency petition for Guru. There seems to be a direct connection between these events. Is AAP involved in this?” Trivedi, accompanied by Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, asked. Atishi’s parents, Vijay Singh and Tripta Wahi, were among several activists and professors who had signed a mercy petition for Guru in 2013.
“I ask Arvind Kejriwal to come forward and clarify AAP’s relationship with these individuals. If juveniles are doing this, what kind of venom are these NGOs injecting into the minds of our country’s children? We want a clear answer from AAP. If they don’t provide one, it only deepens the doubt,” Trivedi said.
“Kejriwal talks nonsense and makes false statements. I want to ask clearly if AAP will clarify its links to these horrifying and dangerous revelations because there appears to be a direct ideological similarity with you in this case,” he added. Sachdeva said the investigation would eventually reveal the links between the NGO, AAP, and its leaders. “It’s not a coincidence. Those emails were sent to 400 schools under a well-thought-out conspiracy to create an atmosphere of fear in Delhi because they had to win the elections,” he said.
“Arvind Kejriwal is not just an enemy of Delhi but of the country as well. May Delhi be free from this ‘aapda’ (disaster) because they (AAP) have destroyed Delhi,” he added.
