Another BJP cartoon for the Delhi elections seems to have boomeranged days after the party decided that it would focus on a "positive campaign only."
The Aam Aadmi Party has accused the BJP of targeting its chief Arvind Kejriwal's caste or 'gotra' in a cartoon-based ad that shows him threatening to disrupt the Republic Day parade one year and asking for a VIP pass for the next year's parade.
The BJP ad uses the term "upadravi (nuisance causing) gotra".
AAP leader Ashutosh has demanded that the BJP withdraw the ad "within two hours and apologize or we will be forced to take action, will go to the EC."
The ruling BJP has already been struggling to address the community's misgivings over Foreign Direct Investment in retail. Mr Kejriwal positioning today's ad as an insult to the entire community will add to the BJP's jitters with the Delhi elections just five days away.
(The BJP ad targeting AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal)
Last week, another BJP ad depicted Mr Kejriwal's children. It also showed Gandhian activist Anna Hazare in a framed photograph with a garland around it.
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley had stepped in and had the ad withdrawn. He reportedly also insisted that the BJP's new aggressive campaign for the Delhi elections must be positive.
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