New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday after the saffron party felicitated eight of its youth-working workers who were arrested over an alleged attack at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, reported news agency PTI.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shown its "real face" by honouring and garlanding the eight activists, she said addressing a press conference in.
"By doing this, it (BJP) has sent out a message to its workers across the country that it will promote them if they indulge in vandalism and harassing women," she said.
Atishi further alleged that hooliganism and its promotion are in the DNA of the BJP. "The BJP is the Bharatiya Goonda Party. It is a party of hooligans, rapists and those who harass women," she said.
The AAP leader alleged that the saffron party honours such leaders, promotes them and even rewards them with cabinet berths in its government.
She also listed names of several leaders of the BJP , including some Union ministers, who she claimed are facing serious criminal charges.
"The people of the country have two options before them. They can choose the BJP, which is a party of hooligans and rapists, or the AAP, which is a party of well-qualified people, gentlemen and women," Atishi said.
Meanwhile the BJP condemned Atishi’s remarks saying that she was talking “nonsense” only to “impress her boss Kejriwal.”
"Atishi should be remorseful about the rape case against an AAP MLA and the attack on (a former) chief secretary at the chief minister's office, instead of trying to impress Kejriwal through her baseless allegations against the BJP," said Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta.
Gupta had felicitated eight members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) at the party office in Delhi on Thursday after they were released on bail in a case related to the alleged attack at Kejriwal's residence on March 30.
The Delhi High Court granted bail to them earlier this week.