A photo of Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta’s husband Manish Gupta attending a government meeting has sparked a debate between political parties after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj drew a parallel with Phulera, the fictional village in the popular web series Panchayat.
Bharadwaj termed it as ‘completely unconstitutional.’ “In Phulera panchayat, the pradhan did nothing. It was her husband who ran the show. Rekha Gupta has taken an oath to the Constitution, she has taken the oath of secrecy. No law allows her to bring her husband to government meetings. We have seen several videos showing her husband conducting inspections, directing officials, and holding meetings,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed Bharadwaj and said that former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita was holding meetings when the leader was in jail.
Senior BJP leader Amit Malviya took to micro blogging site X and stated, “She was holding a review meeting of her constituency, which is managed by her husband – just as Smt. Sheila Dikshit’s constituency was managed by her sister Rama Dhawan, and Sunita Kejriwal used to look after Arvind Kejriwal’s.”
“Unlike Sunita Kejriwal, however, the CM’s husband was not sitting on her chair or issuing illegal orders that senior officers were forced to record on file as ‘CM Madam has directed’,” the BJP leader said.
“Stop targeting Rekha Gupta just because she is a woman who is doing a good job and making Arvind Kejriwal look more ordinary with each passing day,” he added.
