NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday took a jibe at Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal by mimicking his voice during an address in the national capital.
Shah was recounting the promises that the Modi government had delivered, including Ayodhya Ram temple. “We said that Ram Mandir will be built in Ayodhya,” Shah said when he mimicked Kejriwal’s speaking style and said: “Arvind Kejriwal used to say Mandir banane se kya hoga, toilets banana chahiye (What will building a temple do, toilets should be built instead.)”
Shah’s criticism of the AAP government in Delhi did not stop here as he continued with his party’s ‘sheeshmahal’ rhetoric and said: “After a long wait of 500 years, we built Ram Mandir in Ayodhya… PM Modi has given houses to more than 3.58 crore poor people in the country… This is PM Modi’s guarantee and every person living in a slum will be given a permanent house…The toilet in his (Arvind Kejriwal) ‘sheeshmahal’ is more expensive than the slums…”
“People living in slums of Delhi are getting dirty water. People living in slums are asking us why Delhi is the most polluted city in the world. What did Arvind Kejriwal do in Delhi in the last 10 years? If you are not able to do anything Arvind Kejriwal, then you should leave the government, BJP will give all the benefits,” he added.
Shah was addressing ‘Slum Dwellers’ conference in the national capital and urged Delhi’s citizens to consider themselves as the ones who can “liberate” the city from “AAP-da” and its challenges. “I am here today to tell you that you can become the liberators of Delhi. You can free Delhi from many disasters, and mark my words–February 5 will be the day Delhi will be freed from AAP-da,” he said
The Delhi assembly elections will take place in a single phase on February 5, with vote counting scheduled for February 8.
