Kejriwal's daughter comes to his defence as AAP-BJP Delhi poll face-off intensifies

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, February 5

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s daughter Harshita Kejriwal has lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for calling her father a “terrorist” ahead of the February 8 assembly elections.

The 24-year-old said BJP leaders’ remarks were a “new low in politics”. She continued to list the work done by the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi in the last five years.

In conversation with Asian News International, Harshita took on the criticism levelled by the BJP and went about demolishing the argument.

“They say politics is dirty but it’s a new low. Is it terrorism if health facilities are made free and brought to people? Is it terrorism if children are made educated? Is it terrorism if electricity and water supply are improved?” she asked.

“My father has always been in social services. I still remember he used to wake us – my brother, mother, grandparents and I – up at 6am, make us read the Bhagwad Gita and sing ‘Insaan se insaan ka ho bhaichara’ song and teach us about it. Is this terrorism?” she questioned.

Harshita added that the outcome of the Delhi assembly polls on February 11 will provide a fitting answer to the critics.

“Let them level allegations, let them bring 200 MPs and 11 CMs. Not only us, but 2 crore common people are also campaigning. They will show them on 11th February if they cast votes on the basis of allegations or the work done,” she said.

Her comments came after the BJP’s lawmaker Parvesh Verma first used the term for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader during a campaign trail in January while talking about the anti-citizenship act protesters in Shaheen Bagh.