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New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) The strained relations between East Delhi BJP MP Gautam Gambhir and Gandhi Nagar MLA Anil Bajpai have come to the fore once again, with a complaint submitted to the Delhi BJP against the latter by a district president of the party.<\/p>\n
Ram Kishor Sharma, the president of the Shahdara district unit of the saffron party, wrote a letter to Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Sunday, accusing Bajpai of indulging in “anti-party activities”.<\/p>\n
In his letter, Sharma, a close aide of Gambhir, referred to a recent newspaper report accusing the cricketer-turned-politician of maintaining a distance with party leaders.<\/p>\n
“Anil Bajpai, in collusion with the newspaper, levelled fictional allegations against the Member of Parliament (Gambhir),” Sharma charged in his letter to Gupta.<\/p>\n
He said during the Indian Premiere League (IPL), he had visited Kolkata where Gambhir, who is associated with a team in the cricket league, met him from a distance as he was following “bio-bubble” precautions.<\/p>\n
Sharma also accused Bajpai of making statements over Gambhir’s initiatives such as Jan Rasoi and the setting up of a library in east Delhi.<\/p>\n
Bajpai, a two-time MLA from the Gandhi Nagar Assembly constituency in east Delhi, rubbished Sharma’s charges.<\/p>\n
“If Sharma felt that I had anything to do with any news report, he could have asked me. Instead, in the garb of writing a letter to the Delhi BJP president, he leaked the letter to the media,” he alleged.<\/p>\n
Bajpai said he had never indulged in any anti-party activity as alleged by Sharma.<\/p>\n
“It is Sharma who has involved himself in anti-party activities by seeking to leak his letter to the media. I am only concerned with public work and could have differences with the local MP, but will never resort to anything as has been alleged by Sharma,” he said.<\/p>\n
Bajpai said he was not questioned or contacted by any party leader, including the Delhi BJP chief, over Sharma’s allegations.<\/p>\n
The differences between Gambhir and Bajpai had surfaced earlier also over the no-entry norm for vehicles at the Gandhi Nagar market in 2020.<\/p>\n
Bajpai had quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the Bharatia Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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