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The BJP used a video of Arvind Kejriwal’s controversial home to remind voters of the alleged opulence inside, including automatic doors for Rs 70 lakh, ovens costing Rs 9 lakh, and massage chairs worth Rs 4 lakh
The BJP shared a video of the interiors of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s controversial residence, nicknamed ‘Sheesh Mahal’ by the media. (Image: @Shehzad_Ind/X)
In the final leg of its campaign for the Delhi assembly elections, the BJP once again trained the spotlight on the controversial ‘Sheesh Mahal’, without attacking sops offered by the AAP government – this is a significant shift from its strategy applied during the 2020 polls.
In fact, the BJP’s insistence that it will continue the Delhi government’s ‘freebies’ has forced the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to announce more such promises this time.
Late on Sunday, the BJP reminded voters of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house, which has automatic doors allegedly for Rs 70 lakh, ovens allegedly costing Rs 9 lakh, and massage chairs allegedly worth Rs 4 lakh.
A nearly three-minute detailed footage of the house, which has captured the voter’s imagination, answered the most frequently asked question – how does the ‘Sheesh Mahal’ look from the inside?
Sheesh Mahal The symbol of @ArvindKejriwal’s megalomania , corruption and obscene shamelessness & Political conversion from
•No big house to making a Mahal • Swaraj to Sharab
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This is how he looted us pic.twitter.com/7uXmZCBirP
— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) January 26, 2025
The video captures sitting rooms, gyms, bathrooms, bedrooms giving a sense of the opulence of the AAP chief’s residence, whose claim to fame was his appeal to the “commoner”. This has left the AAP voter base, consisting of those from the lower strata, much distracted ahead of the election.
Shehzad Poonawala, BJP national spokesperson, posted the video on X calling the “display of wealth” a “symbol of Arvind Kejriwal’s megalomania, corruption and obscene shamelessness and political conversion from no big house to making a mahal, swaraj to sharab”.
The BJP started the new year with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching a scathing attack on Kejriwal, making his residence an election issue. On the same day, the central government gave away homes to the poor in Delhi.
“…poora desh janta hai ki Modi ne kabhi apne liye ghar nahin banaya…pichle 10 saalon mein 4 crore logon ko ghar diye…main bhi Sheesh Mahal bana sakta tha…par mere liye deshwasiyon ko ghar dena sapna tha (The country knows that Modi never built a home for himself. But, in the last 10 years, 4 crore citizens have been given houses. I could have also built a ‘Sheesh Mahal’. But, my dream was to give my citizens a house),” he said.
With polling only a few days away on February 5 and the issue reignited, the AAP may find itself on the backfoot at a crucial time in its campaign to win a fourth consecutive term in the national capital.
