New Delhi, Apr 30 : Chickening out of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) challenge for debate on issues faced by the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, BJP East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday said he doesn’t believe in ‘dharnas and debates’.
In an interview to a news channel, Gambhir said,”I don’t believe in ‘dharnas and debates’.”
Reacting to Gambhir’s statement, Atishi took to micro-blogging site Twitter and said,”If you don’t believe in debates, then why have you entered politics? The Delhi government is going to start a cricket academy, why don’t you run that? There you will not need to debate on issues”.
AAP’s spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj tweeted,”@GautamGambhir Foremost duty of MP is to raise & debate local issues of ur constituency in Parliament.”
”Why is @GautamGambhir not ready to debate? He does great commentary because he is expert of cricket & speaks well. But, he knows NOTHING about Delhi’s issues, knows ZERO about East Delhi. He would not be aware of the names of the East Delhi Assembly constituency,” he said in another tweet.
Atishi on Monday challenged her rival BJP nominee and cricketer turned politician Gautam Gambhir for an open debate, on what its party lawmaker had done for the people of Delhi in last five years.
