The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has appealed to Rahul Gandhi to rise above it all and show a big heart to unite the Opposition. AAP’s statement comes after the party’s heated exchange with Congress at the recent Opposition meeting in Patna that concluded recently. Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said that he likes the phrase Rahul Gandhi says, “main nafrat ke bazaar me mohabbat ki dukaan khol kar baitha hoon (I have opened a shop of love in the market of hatred)” and asked him to bring it in action.
‘Mohabbat ki dukan’ jibe
AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said the ‘nafrat ka bazaar’ now needs love. “Sir, we believe there is a nafrat ka bazaar (market of hatred), but you should also give love there. If Opposition parties have come to you asking for love, and you say you don’t have it, then it raises questions on your mohabbat ki dukaan,” he said.
He also said the grand old party reflected on public perception. He said being egoistic is fine, but there’s a threshold beyond which people and other parties will start feeling that the new government after regime change is high on ego.
AAP leader appeals to Opposition to move over past comment
Bhardwaj appealed to the Opposition to let bygones be bygones and understand the need of coming together. He said contradictions will only leave room for bitterness as parties turn rivals, standing up against each other in states.
“A lot of parties contest elections against each other in different states. Samajwadi Party and Congress contest against each other in Uttar Pradesh. Trinamool Congress, Congress, and the Left fight each other in West Bengal. Left and Congress are rivals in Kerala. In spite of all these contradictions, we have to come together now,” he said.
“However, if you go into what party spokespeople said against each other, then the list is long, from both sides. One has to leave that behind and move ahead,” Bharadwaj said.
AAP has demanded Congress back it in its fight against Centre’s ordinance in Delhi. However, Congress maintained that the Patna meeting wasn’t the appropriate forum for that issue. The issue will be discussed in the Opposition meeting in the parliament session, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said.
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