Delhi BJP leader Parvesh Verma has written a letter to CM Atishi urging her to open the “Sheesh Mahal”, the CM’s residence, for public viewing. He said that the govt bungalow was specially decorated and given a grand look when Arvind Kejriwal was the CM, and now the people want to see the house now known as “Sheesh Mahal”.
Parvesh Verma, who is contesting the Delhi assembly elections from the New Delhi constituency against Arvind Kejriwal, wrote in the letter to CM Atishi:
“I want to bring it to your notice that during the tenure of former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party Convenor Shri Arvind Kejriwal, the government residence was specially decorated and given a grand look. It is being known as ‘Sheesh Mahal’ among the common people. The people of New Delhi Assembly constituency, who elected Shri Kejriwal as their MLA for three consecutive times and sent him to the Assembly, have a strong desire to see this building.
This building is no longer just a residence, but has become an important symbol of the history of governance and administration of Delhi. The public wants to understand by seeing it how the place looks like where their elected representative spent his tenure.
I request you to open this ‘Sheesh Mahal’ for public darshan from 10 am to 4 pm, so that the people of Delhi can see it closely. This will not only fulfil the expectations of the public, but will also strengthen transparency and trust between the government and the public.”
BJP candidate from New Delhi Assembly, Parvesh Verma, writes to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi regarding opening the "Sheesh Mahal" for public viewing pic.twitter.com/ByBtel4n4T
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Earlier Verma had said that he wants to take all the people of Delhi to see “Sheesh Mahal”. He had said, “I am writing a letter to CM Atishi to open the doors of Sheesh Mahal because the people of Delhi want to see what happened to the tax they paid.”
Verma, a former MP and son of former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma, will be facing former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress’ Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit, in a three-cornered contest in the upcoming Delhi assembly election.
Hitting out at Kejriwal, he said that he hoped that the AAP chief ‘does not run away from the New Delhi seat.’ He said, “I just hope Arvind Kejriwal doesn’t run away from the New Delhi seat, because the people here have elected him three times so he has to be accountable for his work and whatever the decision of the people will be. I have been asking the people here to tell me about any kind of work being done here, but in the 11 years, they can’t even tell 11 things, or even 2.”
