BJP fields candidates without considering commitment to work for people: AAP, on Gambhir’s break from politics
The Hindu
AAP accuses BJP of fielding uncommitted candidates, citing Gautam Gambhir's request to focus on cricket, not politics.
The AAP on Saturday accused the BJP of fielding candidates without considering their eligibility or commitment to work for the people, citing the saffron party's East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir's request to relieve him of political duties.
Gambhir, the BJP's Lok Sabha MP from East Delhi, has requested party chief J.P. Nadda to relieve him of his political duties so that he can focus on his upcoming cricket commitments.
Addressing a press conference with Kuldeep Kumar — the AAP's candidate from East Delhi for the Lok Sabha polls — senior party leader Atishi claimed that Gambhir's request "revealed" that the BJP was not fielding him in this year's elections.
Atishi, a Delhi minister, alleged that Gambhir did nothing in his East Delhi constituency during his five-year term.
Other BJP MPs also remained unavailable in their constituencies, she charged.
"It has become a trend and the BJP makes anyone its candidate, without considering their eligibility or commitment to work for the people. No elected representative of the BJP — MP, MLA or councillor — is visible in their constituency," she alleged.
Atishi claimed that AAP MLAs and councillors are not only present in their constituencies and wards but also work for the people.
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