Bansuri Swaraj Hits Back After AAP Seeks Her Apology For Representing ‘Anti-National Forces’ In Court

BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of late Sushma Swaraj, fired back at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after her Lok Sabha candidacy from New Delhi was questioned by the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.

AAP’s Atishi, in a press conference, alleged that Bansuri represented “anti-national forces” in the court and she should apologise to the people of the country for taking up such cases and also demanded that she be replaced by the party.

Hitting back at the AAP, Bansuri questioned the AAP on its choice of candidate, who was allegedly beaten up by his own cadre in Rajendra Nagar on Saturday.

“I would like to ask the AAP — why have you fielded a candidate who was beaten up by his own cadre in Rajendra Nagar yesterday? They have named a candidate who is not liked by his own party members. They can put allegations against us but people will give them a reply in the elections,” she said.

Atishi also rebuked the BJP’s decision to replace BJP MP Harsh Vardhan after the latter decided to bow out of electoral politics. “He always raised issues of public interest and spoke for them. I think it has become very clear that just as he was removed from the position of health minister at one time for raising some issues, today, it seems that perhaps his ticket has been cut due to his honesty,” she claimed.

The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. As many as 34 Union Ministers including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, were named. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha.

The BJP’s first list included 51 seats from Uttar Pradesh, 24 from Madhya Pradesh, 20 from West Bengal, 15 each from Gujarat and Rajasthan, 12 from Kerala, nine from Telangana, 11 each from Assam, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, five from Delhi, three from Uttarakhand, two each from Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, and one each from Goa, Tripura, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Daman and Diu.

The saffron party has replaced as many as 33 sitting MPs with new faces.