Delhi Chief Minster and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he does not mock Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari for his songs and himself watches the Bhojpuri actor-turned-politician’s videos in which he “dances well”.
Kejriwal said wherever he goes, he asks people to listen to Mr Tiwari’s songs and watch the videos of his songs and dance.

The Aam Aadmi Party chief was responding to the Delhi BJP’s allegation that he had insulted “purvanchalis” and their culture by mocking Tiwari’s songs.

“I have not mocked Tiwari for his song ”Rinkiya ke Papa” and instead, I have praised him for singing good songs. I do not understand where is insulting and mocking in it. I listen to Tiwari’s songs. I like his videos. He dances well,” Kejriwal said.

Meanwhile, in another development, The Election Commission has issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for violation of model code of conduct over his speech where he had said ‘Kejriwal is feeding Biryani to Shaheen Bagh protesters.

According to reports, the poll panel has given him time till February 7 to ‘explain’ his position.

The EC said the UP Chief Minister has violated the code of conduct for “criticism of other parties or their workers based on unverified allegations or distortion”.

This is in reference to his ‘biryani’ speech which Adityanath gave while referring to Shaheen Bagh’s anti-CAA protests. He purportedly said, “Kejriwal may like to feed ‘biryani’ to Shaheen Bagh protesters. Its not something that BJP is keen on.”

“The BJP is working with zero tolerance towards terrorism. But Kejriwal is busy sponsoring and offering biryani in Shaheen Bagh,” he said.