AAP Leaders Clash With Cops As Delhi Police Deny Entry To 'Sheesh Mahal', Next Stop LKM

Last Updated:January 08, 2025, 12:18 IST

The BJP and AAP faced off over the 'Sheesh Mahal' issue in Delhi as politics over the matter as Assembly Elections are just a few weeks away in the city.

Politics heats up over 'Sheesh Mahal' in Delhi (Photo: X/BJP)

As Delhi elections are hardly a month away, politics heated up on Wednesday over ‘Sheesh Mahal’, a term coined by the BJP for the Chief Minister’s residence.

The AAP and BJP sparred over the issue which is taking centre stage in the run-up to the Assembly polls in the city slated on February 5.

As the AAP leaders arrived at the CM residence where the Delhi Police put up barricading, besides heavy security, the police denied them entry which led to a verbal spat.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday challenged the BJP to visit the CM’s residence along with the media personnel, after the BJP levelled several allegations on the AAP over alleged misuse of public money in the construction of a luxurious residence for Kejriwal, the then-Delhi CM.

AAP Leaders Denied Entry To Delhi CM’s Residence

As Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and MP Sanjay Singh arrived at the residence, they entered into a heated exchange with police personnel deployed outside the house.

“I’m an MP, he is a minister, and you’re stopping us? Under which law are you stopping us?" Singh is heard telling the police personnel.

PWD Urges Police Not To Allow Entry To CM House: Sources

According to Delhi Police sources, PWD has urged the police via a letter not to allow anyone, including the AAP leaders, to enter the property.

A PWD official also reached the spot and requested Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bharadwaj not to enter the premises.

Both the AAP leaders sat on a dharna for some time and then moved towards Lok Kalyan Marg.

‘Let Public See Both CM And PM Houses’: Saurabh Bharadwaj

Speaking to the media, Bharadwaj said that the BJP which sent videos and photos of the new CM’s residence on a daily basis is now “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," he said.

“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 the PM house. Let the public see both," the Minister added.

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