AAP fed biryani to one community: Verma
New Delhi, February 8
BJP’s controversial MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is at it again. On the polling day on Saturday, he alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is arranging biryani for Shaheen Bagh protesters and as a quid pro quo, they are voting for the AAP.
“Delhiites, the media is saying the same thing which I was insisting upon so far. People from a certain community from Shaheen Bagh, Seelampur and Jamia Millia are standing in long queues to claim that they will vote for AAP. Why would they not? The AAP has been feeding them biryani for more than a month,” Verma said in a video that he tweeted.
The BJP MP also called it as a mode of “repayment of loan” given by the AAP. Addressing Delhiites as “Rashtravadi” and “Deshbhakt”, Verma clearly implied that the protesters were not. “We won’t let Delhi breakaway,” he claimed. He ended his monologue with “Jai Shri Ram”.
Verma has already created concern within the opposition ranks. The EC has not yet reacted to this new video, but the tone, tenor and messaging of the video seems to be clear — to polarise the voting in the second half of the day.
People at Shaheen Bagh have been camping on Road no 13A for more than 50 days now against the Citizenship Amendment Act and nationwide NRC.
This is not the first time that Verma has trained his guns at the protesters. Earlier too, he made controversial statements about them that brought the EC censure against him. — IANS
