"Has our PM stooped so low as to persecute elderly and ill parents? I don't think politics in the country has ever sunk this low," Atishi said while addressing the media.
Aam Aadmi party leader Sanjay Singh on Thursday levelled a serious allegation against the BJP of indulging in vindictive politics by allegedly targeting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's elderly parents.
The previous election in 2019 saw Arvind Sharma narrowly defeat Deepender Singh Hooda by just 7,503 votes. Sharma secured 573,845 votes while Hooda received 566,342 votes. They are again pitted against each other, making the election on this seat interesting.
As the general elections enter their sixth or penultimate phase, the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital have come into focus, with the ruling BJP at the Centre eyeing another clean sweep and Aam Aadmi Party hoping to send its first Lok Sabha MP from Delhi.
Delhi Police produced Ankit Goyal, who was arrested for writing death-threatening graffiti against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, before the Tis Hazari court here on Wednesday.
According to the Delhi Police sources, the statement that Swati Maliwal had recorded before the magistrate, she had written that before the assault, she had gone inside the CM house when both Sunita Kejriwal and her parents were present.
AAP leader Atishi earlier today alleged that the BJP stopped the Yamuna water supply to Delhi in its bid to target the ruling party by creating a water crisis in the national capital.
Drawing a comparison between the arrests of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that a "tribal CM" continues to be behind bars.
"After unleashing the entire army of leaders and volunteers at me, calling me a BJP agent, assassinating my character, leaking edited videos, victim shaming me, roaming around with the accused, letting him re enter the crime scene and tamper evidences and protesting in favour of the accused,
Maliwal had earlier this month lodged a complaint against Delhi Chief Minister's aide Bibhav Kumar accusing him of assaulting her at the CM's residence.
Delhi Police have brought Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar back to Delhi from Mumbai. In Mumbai, Bibhav Kumar was taken to three locations by Delhi Police, his phone location was tracked in all three spots. Statements of a few people have been recorded by the Police.