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‘Takht-nasheen tha…’: BJP's Parvesh Verma quotes Pakistani poet Habib Jalib to mock Arvind Kejriwal
Parvesh Verma shared a video on X showing Arvind Kejriwal saying PM Narendra Modi can't defeat AAP in Delhi in this lifetime and would need to be reborn.
Newly elected BJP MLA from New Delhi, Parvesh Verma, on Sunday, quoted Pakistani poet Habib Jalib to take a dig at AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
Verma, a former Lok Sabha MP, shared a 33-second video on social media quoting Jalib’s couplet, Tum se pehle wo jo ek shakhs yaan takht-nasheen tha, usko bhi apne khuda hone pe itna he yakeen tha,” translating to, “The one who sat on the throne earlier believed he was God.” to mock Kejriwal for claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not be able to defeat AAP in this lifetime.
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The video, posted by Verma, begins with a clip of Kejriwal addressing a rally, where he said, “I want to challenge Modi ji, you cannot defeat us in Delhi in this lifetime. You will have to be reborn.”
The video then transitions to Prime Minister Modi’s response, where he targeted AAP with his “AAPda” jab, “There is only one chorus in Delhi. We will not tolerate AAPda, we will bring change.”
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The video concludes by showing the final seat tally of the election, with the BJP securing 48 seats and AAP only 22.
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The BJP's vote share in Delhi has grown by nearly 13 percentage points in the last 10 years while the AAP's vote share has declined by nearly 10 percentage points during the same period.
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