Height of U-turn: BJP on Kejriwal’s demand for Ganesha, Lakshmi images on currency notes

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday cited past comments of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to claim that his demand for having images of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi on currency notes is the height of U-turn as he is “trying” to be a Hindu.
His hypocrisy is on show, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters as he noted that the Aam Aadmi Party government had recently warned people celebrating Diwali with firecrackers of legal action.
Patra also referred to AAP leader Rajendra Pal Gautam’s presence at a controversial religious conversion event recently where pledge to not worship Hindu deities was taken.
Gautam “abused” and “mocked” deities but he remains in the AAP, he said, claiming that his removal as a minister in the Kejriwal government was an eyewash.
The BJP spokesperson also noted that Kejriwal had once spoken against the construction of Ram temple and said a hospital should be built at the site in Ayodhya.
Also Read Kejriwal urges Modi to add Hindu deities Ganesha, Lakshmi to currency notes Internet is full of his “anti-Hindu” remarks, he said, and also referred to the alleged involvement of Tahir Hussain, then a AAP leader, in the Delhi riots.