Sheesh Mahal Row: AAP Leaders Clash With Police Outside Delhi CM’s Residence

Sheesh Mahal Row: Tight security arrangements have been put in place outside the residence of the Chief Minister, situated on Flag Staff Road at Civil Lines, Delhi. As per jagran.com, police and paramilitary forces have been deployed outside CM Atishi's house in the national capital. Both ends of the road have been barricaded.

Meanwhile, AAP leader Sanjay Singh reached the house of the Chief Minister but was not allowed to enter by the police. Other than Singh, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj was also stopped from going further. The police officers say that the keys of the bungalow are with the PWD and that Singh cannot be allowed to go. Both Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bharadwaj have sat on a dharna. He said that so many policemen have been deployed.

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As soon as the AAP heads were prevented from entering CM's residence, they rushed to the Prime Minister's and challenged the BJP to go ahead and let the public see the PM residence.

After being denied entry, Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "We came here to conclude this argument of 'tera ghar, mera ghar'.We said that the PM residence and CM residence should both be shown to the people. So, we came here."

"Are we terrorists, we have the cabinet ministers of the Delhi government with us," Singh asked.

The Look at Sheesh Mahal Row

Basically, the AAP later today attempted to decimate all claims made by the Bharatiya Janata Party against it about marching toward Delhi CM's house. According to the BJP, it called the CM's bungalow "Sheesh Mahal"; under that charge, the Chief Minister had swimming pools and a golden commode in his residence.

"BJP used to send new videos and photos every day. Today, we came here with all the media persons. Now, the BJP is running away. A three-layer barricading has been put up. They have also put up water cannons and deployed Additional DCP here. This has been turned into a border so that the media can't go in. Show us where the swimming pool and bar are...BJP says that the CM's residence was built for Rs 33 Crores. It is also being said that PM house is being built for Rs 2700 Crores. We will see both the CM residence and PM house. Let the public see both, " AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Earlier, Bhardwaj said that the BJP had strayed from the subject, fearing the fact that they would have to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence as well, as both CM and PM residencies were built using taxpayer money.

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"During COVID, the CM residence and the PM residence, both were constructed using taxpayers' money. Both the residences should be shown to everyone through the media. The BJP claimed there is a swimming pool and a bar in the CM residence, let us find it if that's the case... BJP is backing off now because they think they might have to show the PM's residence too... We are now going to the CM residence," the AAP leader said.

This comes after Sanjay Singh on Tuesday challenged the BJP to visit the CM's residence along with media persons.

Amidst the protest of Aam Aadmi Party and the Delhi police, the Delhi unit of BJP posted a video claiming it to be the Delhi CM's residence.

"The dirty secrets of corrupt and useless Kejriwal's glass palace are now in front of the public. The people of Delhi have recognized this great fraud. The public has understood that this impostor who came as a common man is just a playboy who enjoys the pleasures of power," the Delhi BJP said on X.

"Kejriwal, who came to power by lying and deceiving, had said on entering politics that he will not take a bungalow, but will live in a two-room house. He had distributed affidavits. The same big fraud built a den of loot called Sheeshmahal as soon as he came to power. That too when Delhi, plagued by a pandemic like Corona, was struggling for every breath," the Delhi BJP further said.

The AAP MLAs are also planning to march to the PM house against BJP's claims.

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