Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari said on Saturday that hate speech by leaders of his party led to loss of seats in the Asse...
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari said on Saturday that hate speech by leaders of his party led to loss of seats in the Assembly elections, The Indian Express reported. The Delhi Assembly elections, results for which were announced on February 11, resulted in the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party government winning 62 out of the 70 seats, while the BJP secured just eight seats.
Asked about BJP MP Parvesh Verma’s labelling Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a terrorist, Tiwari told The Indian Express: “I have condemned that [speech]. And I did that before the elections. The Prime Minister [Narendra Modi] and Home Minister [Amit Shah] have also condemned it.”
The Delhi BJP chief admitted that Union minister Prakash Javadekar had, in a press conference attended by Tiwari, also called Kejriwal a terrorist. However, Tiwari added: “Whatever the context, it was hate speech and our party had to face losses due to that. We condemned that speech then as well as today.”
Asked about BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s rally in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi in December, where he and his supporters shouted “desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maro saalon ko [shoot the traitors to the country]”, Tiwari said: “It did not come to my knowledge when he raised the slogan. I want those...
