In a series of tweets, AAP's East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Atishi Marlena slammed BJP's Gautam Gambhir and asked him to share his vision for the constituency.
Gautam Gambhir, a BJP candidate, is fighting against AAP's Atishi from the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency for Lok Sabha elections
The AAP has alleged that cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, the BJP candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, has two voter IDs and has filed a criminal complaint in this regard
Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi says what has really changed for her over the years is an understanding that some of us are far more privileged than we realise and “we need to look around the world a little more”.
She had been named Marlena apparently after Communist thinkers Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.
Political analyst Suhas Palshikar said the use or non-use of surname for electoral purpose also mirrors the society we live in.
Tiwari said it was "regrettable" that the people who had entered politics in the name of changing politics are "trying to play caste politics and spread religious frenzy".
Within two hours of his tweet, he claimed that it was 'misunderstood'.
According to a report, Atishi Marlena was asked to drop her second name to dodge rumours that she is a Christian.
Aam Admi Party leader Atishi Marlena, who has served as an adviser to the deputy chief minister of Delhi, talks to Outlook on the current protest by AAP government.
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