Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Kalkaji Assembly seat, Ramesh Bidhuri, on Thursday filed a complaint against Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Atishi for allegedly filing false complaints and exerting undue pressure on the administration.
In his complaint, Bidhuri accused Atishi of hiring paid workers from other Assembly constituencies for campaigning and wrote that these workers created "public nuisance". "They misbehave with my party workers. Apprehending her defeat, Ms.Atishi Marlena, in order to exert pressure upon the administration and to threaten my workers of false prosecution, has started levelling baseless and false complaints," Bidhuri wrote in his letter.
"Recently, she has filed a false and frivolous complaint against my supporter Mr.Manish Bidhuri. Even the only video relied upon does not show that Manish Bidhuri is present there. Ms.Marlena also got a forged video circulated to tarnish my image and influence the elections regarding which I have already preferred a complaint with P.S.Kalkaji. The filing of false complaints by Ms.Atishi Marlena to exert pressure upon the officials and to disturb the peaceful environment violates provisions of BNS, 2024," he wrote in the letter.
Bidhuri also alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party workers "misbehaved" with the BJP workers.
What was Atishi's complaint about?
Delhi CM Atishi in her complaint alleged that police was saving Bidhuri and his nephew who indulged in hooliganism, and demanded transfer of local police officers at Govindpuri Police Station. She accused them of creating an "atmosphere of fear" in Kalkaji to influence elections.
"The local police are trying to hush up the case of BJP candidate Bidhuri and his nephew threatening and assaulting AAP workers and supporters," she alleged. Atishi also alleged that the police officers were "pressuring" the AAP workers to give "false" statements.
"My volunteers are ready to give written statements in the presence of their advocate. However, the police seem to be in a hurry to close the case and are forcing the volunteers to sign on incomplete and false statements," she charged.
The chief minister demanded the EC launch a probe into the allegation by police from outside the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency that was represented by Bidhuri from 2014 to 2024.
(With PTI inputs)