Delhi Elections 2025: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Delhi seat Parvesh Varman has been sent legal notices by several persons over his ‘Punjab cars in Delhi’ comment. According to NDTV report, the legal notice warns of further action if the BJP leader does not apologize publicly.
Parvesh Verma’s ‘Punjab Cars in Delhi’ remark
BJP leader Parvesh Verma has courted controversy ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections by alleging that thousands of vehicles with Punjab registration plates are filling up the national capital.
Speaking to the media, Pravesh Verma said that vehicles with ‘Punjab registration’ numbers were being used by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members, including Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and other officials, to influence voters in Delhi. Used to be.
Parvesh Verma raised concerns about security, especially as Republic Day approaches, questioning the purpose of Punjab’s vehicles and the people traveling in them. The BJP leader also claimed that Punjab government, where AAP is in power, employees were being brought to Delhi in the guise of AAP workers for party campaigning, which showed that they were using money and liquor to influence voters. Were distributing.
Pravesh Verma said that he has filed a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann for allegedly distorting his comments. Compensation and apology of Rs 100 crore within 48 hours.
What does the legal notice to Parvesh Verma say?
In response to BJP leader Parvesh Verma’s remarks, several people from both Delhi and Punjab have sent him legal notices demanding a public apology.
The notices described his statements as “baseless” and “misleading”, especially in view of the upcoming Republic Day celebrations. ndtv Report added.
A notice clearly states that the BJP leader’s implications about the security threat posed by these vehicles are baseless and amount to ‘hate speech’, media reports said.
What did Bhagwant Mann say?
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann condemned Parvesh Verma’s statement, calling it a grave insult to Punjabis.
The AAP leader said such comments are not only objectionable but also portray Punjabis as a threat to national security, which he considers unacceptable.
CM Mann argued that there is no restriction on persons coming to Delhi from any part of India, and criticized the BJP for targeting Punjabis in this way.
He said every Punjabi is feeling hurt by these allegations and called on the BJP to apologise, saying questioning their patriotism is a dangerous political strategy.
Delhi elections 2025
As Delhi prepares for its assembly elections on February 5, 2025, tensions are rising between AAP and BJP. The contest is expected to be tough, with Arvind Kejriwal leading AAP against BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress’s Sandeep Dixit on the Delhi seat.
AAP has dominated Delhi’s political scene in recent years, with the party making significant gains in 2020 by winning 62 out of 70 seats.
