A day after accusing Delhi Chief Minister-designate Atishi's parents of having ties with Afzal Guru, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Wednesday alleged that Atishi's parents had close ties with SAR Geelani who was an accused in the 2001 Parliament attack case but later acquitted by the Supreme Court. The Aam Aadmi Party chose Atishi as Delhi's new chief minister replacing Arvind Kejriwal who resigned from the post.
"Atishi Marlena's parents had close ties with SAR Geelani. Gilani was accused of having a hand in the attack on Parliament. In 2016, he organised a programme in the memory of Afzal Guru at the Press Club of Delhi," Maliwal said in a post on X. "Atishi Marlena's parents were with Gilani on stage in that programme. Slogans were raised in this programme - "If one Afzal dies, lakhs will be born.", "Kashmir demands freedom". Atishi Marlena's parents have written an article titled "Arrest and torture of Syed Geelani". God protect Delhi!" she added.
On Tuesday, Maliwal alleged that Atishi's parents had written mercy petitions to cancel the death sentence of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. "This is an extremely unfortunate day for Delhi. A woman like Atishi is going to become the CM of Delhi, whose own family fought a long battle to save terrorist Afzal Guru from the death penalty," Maliwal said.
"Her parents wrote mercy petitions to the President several times, that he is innocent, that he should not be hanged, that he is a victim of political conspiracy. How wrong is this? Today, Atishi will become the CM but we all know that she will be only a "dummy CM". Still, this is a major issue because she will be the CM and this matter is directly linked to the security of the country as well as Delhi. God save the people of Delhi from such a CM."
