 "‘My wife cried:’ Former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas quips at party’s defeat in Delhi elections")
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a vocal critic of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas, on Saturday (February 8) took a veiled dig at the party’s humiliating defeat against PM Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He said that he had no sympathy for a man “who crushed the dreams of AAP party workers".
In a sarcastic swipe, the poet said his “apolitical wife” cried when she heard about the defeat of Manish Sisodia, considered the number two in AAP.
Vishwas targets Kejriwal
Without taking his name, Vishwas accused Kejriwal of using AAP to further his political ambitions.
“I have no sympathy for a man who crushed the dreams of AAP party workers. Delhi is now free from him… He used those dreams for his personal ambitions. Today, justice has been delivered,” he said.
Kejriwal rose to power a decade ago, riding high on his promises of a crusade against corruption.
However, over the past 10 years of AAP’s rule in Delhi, the top leadership of the party has faced serious corruption allegations, with Kejriwal and Sisodia themselves having spent time in jail.
In results declared on Saturday, the AAP chief failed to secure his New Delhi bastion, losing to BJP’s Parvesh Verma.
Vishwas had left the party in 2018, citing personal differences with Kejriwal.
Vishwas’s jibe at Sisodia
Targeting Sisodia, Vishwas said in a satirical statement that his “apolitical” wife cried after hearing the news of his loss.
“When we got the news of Manish Sisodia losing from Jangpura - my wife who is apolitical cried,” said the former AAP leader.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsSisodia lost to B JP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah from the Jangpura seat by a margin of 675 votes.
“Party workers fought well. We all did hard work. People have supported us as well. But, I lost by 600 votes. I congratulate the candidate who won. I hope he will work for the constituency,” Sisodia said after conceding defeat.
He previously won the Patparganj constituency thrice – in 2013, 2015 and 2020.
(With inputs from agencies)
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