New Delhi:
Mohan Bisht, the newly chosen MLA of Delhi's Mustafabad, the area that is the victim of the 2020 riots, has stated that the name of the constituency will be changed to Shiv Puri or Shiv Vihar, given the majority of the Hindu population there.
Asked what is the problem with Mustafabad, he told NDTV: “What is their problem if the name is changed? On the one hand there are 58 percent and 42 percent on the other. Who should we respect?”
Asked what the urgency is to change the name of a place that is not much frequently and where cars and cabins do not run, he said: “Cars will run and so will Cabs. The bulldozer will run”.
Aap's Okhla Mla Amanatullah Khan wondered what the BJP wanted to achieve with it. Instead of doing such things, the BJP must start working positively and avoid negativity, he said reporters.
“I don't understand why political leaders are so generous towards the name Mustafabad,” Mr. Bisht told reporters. “Where a majority of the Hindus is, why can't it be Shiv Puri or Shiv Vihar instead of Mustafabad? I will certainly do this,” he told reporters later.
Mr. Bisht, who won in the 2020 elections against Karawal Nagar, was replaced this time by Kapil Mishra. He was offered the Mustafabad chair when he openly resentful resentment.
The 67-year-old six-time MLA had defeated AAM Aadmi's Adeel Ahmad Khan in Mustafabad with 17,578 votes.
The BJP was swept at the current after 27 years in Delhi and has won 48 of the 70 assembly seats. AAP won 22 seats, while the congress did not open an account again in the polls held on 5 February. The results were announced on Saturday.
