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AAP Slams Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Over Apparent Slip Of Tongue Involving Lord Ram
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News18•16-10-2026, 10:33
AAP Slams Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Over Apparent Slip Of Tongue Involving Lord Ram
- •The Aam Aadmi Party accused Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta of blasphemy over an apparent slip of tongue.
- •During an event, the Chief Minister mistakenly referred to Ravan as Lord Ram while stating that every evil must be eliminated.
- •AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj shared a video snippet on social media criticizing the remark.
- •Congress leader Priyanka Kakkar also targeted the Chief Minister and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the incident.
- •The AAP labeled the BJP as anti-Ram, stating that Sanatanis and devotees of Lord Ram are ashamed of the comment.
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The AAP criticized Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for her slip of the tongue at an event where she mistakenly stated that "every Ram needs to be killed in order to cleanse society" instead of referring to Ravan, prompting accusations of blasphemy.
Congress leader Priyanka Kakkar criticized the Chief Minister by stating that Rekha Gupta was killing Ram and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already destroyed Ramrajya.
The Chief Minister made the remark while attending a Ramlila event organized under the theme 'Sanatan Sanskaaram – From Tradition to the Future' at the DDA Ramlila Ground, where she witnessed the enactment of Lord Ram's leela.
