Swati Maliwal's 'arrogance' dig at AAP over Delhi Assembly elections results

Swati Maliwal criticizes AAP's arrogance, linking it to their loss in Delhi assembly polls, referencing Draupadi's "cheer haran."

Sharing a picture of Draupadi's "cheer haran" from the Mahabharat, Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal said the Aam Aadmi Party and its party chief Arvind Kejriwal's "arrogance" led to their loss in the Delhi Assembly polls.

"Even Ravan's arrogance did not last," Ms. Maliwal, who fell out with the AAP last year, said in another post on X.

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Ms. Maliwal's post on Draupadi's "cheer haran" or "stripping" from the Mahabharat is a reference to her allegations that a close aide of Mr. Kejriwal assaulted her inside the CM's residence. This was when Kejriwal was still the chief minister of Delhi.

Ms. Maliwal while speaking with PTI also added, ““The people of Delhi saw how the city turned into a garbage bin. People are not getting water, Yamuna is dirty, and air pollution is high. There was anger among people... I kept telling them to change or people will change them, and that happened,”.

“In the last 10 years, they showed people dreams but could not fulfil those and had to pay for that. The former chief minister lost. They got me beaten up, slandered me; today people taught him a lesson and he could not save his own seat,” Ms. Maliwal said.