Atishi’s family organised event in memory of Afzal Guru in 2016: Swati Maliwal

Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Swati Maliwal on Tuesday took a fresh dig at the Chief Minister-designate Atishi, stating that her family had close ties with former Delhi University professor Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, who was sentenced to death by a special court but later acquitted by the Supreme Court in the 2001 Parliament attack case.
AAP MP stated that Atishi’s parents were involved in a 2016 event at the Press Club of Delhi, held in memory of Afzal Guru, a man convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case. The event, as per Maliwal, was organised by Atishi’s parents and Syed Abdul Rahman Gilani.
Slogans advocating for Kashmir’s freedom and glorifying Afzal Guru were raised, including, “If one Afzal dies, lakhs will be born,” claimed Rajya Sabha MP.
Adding to the criticism, Maliwal stated that Atish’s parents also authored an article titled “Arrest and Torture of Syed Geelani.” The Rajya Sabha MP also shared the screenshots of the article on her official X handle with a caption saying “God help Delhi.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Maliwal slammed the AAP’s decision to pick Atishi as the new Chief Minister of Delhi and claimed that her family had fought to stop the hanging of the convicted terrorist Afzal Guru.
Afzal Guru, who was convicted for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack, was executed in 2013.
On Tuesday, Delhi Minister Atishi pipped Kailash Gahlot to become the next Chief Minister of Delhi, following which Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the top post. Atishi’s name was proposed by Kejriwal at the meeting of the legislature party, and it was unanimously accepted by the AAP MLAs.
Born to Delhi University professors Vijay Kumar Singh and Tripta Wahi, the 43-year-old started off her political journey with the AAP in 2013. She grabbed attention after she took part in the Jal Satyagraha in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh in 2015.