New Delhi, Jan 31
The BJP Saturday filed a
complaint with the Election Commission against AAP leader Kumar Vishwas
for allegedly making a "derogatory" remark against its chief ministerial
candidate Kiran Bedi, prompting her to lodge a police complaint against
Vishwas.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Satish Upadhyay,
Meenakshi Lekhi, Shazia Ilmi, Shaina NC, among others, went to the poll
panel's office and filed a complaint against him.
"We moved the Election Commission against Vishwas and sought strict action...," Upadhyay said.
At
a recent rally, Kumar Vishwas allegedly said: "Two problems the BJP has
with Arvind Kejriwal. One is that he wears a muffler... Has he stolen
it from you? One of them says he (Kejriwal) coughs a lot..... What is
your problem? Do you have to sleep with him in his bedroom?"
However,
Kumar Vishwas said his remark at a rally where AAP chief Kejriwal was
also present was not directed at Bedi, but the BJP claimed he was
targeting her.
Vishwas said whatever remarks he made were targeted at the BJP and not Bedi.
"I
am surprised that channels are not showing this video. There were
cameras of so many channels. There was an Election Commission camera
too... when they do not have any issue they are spreading such things,"
he said.
He challenged Bedi and the BJP to prove that these remarks were targeted at Bedi.
Bedi in a series of tweets expressed her anguish over the remarks.
"Absolutely
derogatory, sexist remarks, illegal photoshopped images communicating
wrong messaging. It is this unethical, toxic, perverse and uncivil
practices that we need to eliminate from our system."
In another
tweet, she asked: "What kind of security and dignity can women expect
from AAP's leadership that itself has blatant sexist and perverse
mindsets?"
She said a police complaint has been lodged over the remark.
"A
police complaint has been lodged against Kumar Vishwas' sexist comments
at a recent rally in the presence of their leadership," she tweeted.
Ilmi,
a former AAP leader who recently joined the BJP, said that apart from
the derogatory remark, the BJP has also raised other issues with the
commission. "AAP has been flouting Election Commission's norms and we
filed a complaint on other issues also. We sought strict action," she
said.
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain also called AAP "anti-women".
