Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, after facing the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee, accused the BJP of disrespecting freedom fighters by politicizing the ‘Faansi Ghar’ authentication matter. Kejriwal’s ex-deputy Manish Sisodia did not attend the Committee despite a final chance given to him.
Maintaining AAP’s stance that a ‘Faansi Ghar’ existed in the Assembly premises during British rule, Kejriwal criticized the BJP for engaging in a debate that he deemed disrespectful to freedom fighters. In response, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva suggested that AAP leaders should question their Congress superiors about the absence of a ‘Faansi Ghar’ in the Old Secretariat during their rule from 1947 to 2013.
Sachdeva countered Kejriwal’s claims, stating that the AAP leaders’ falsehoods regarding the ‘gallows’ declaration on Assembly premises have been exposed to the extent that they are resorting to numerous lies to cover up their error. Kejriwal, post the Privileges Committee meeting, accused the BJP-led Delhi government of insisting that the ‘Faansi Ghar’ was a ‘tiffin room’ rather than a historical site where freedom fighters were executed.
