"Shameless": Nirmala Sitharaman Slams Arvind Kejriwal In Swati Maliwal Row
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, the only major opposition leader to have commented so far, said, "I always stand with women, irrespective of which party they belong to."
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday joined the ranks of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders targeting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the Swati Maliwal assault row.
Red-flagging the fact the alleged assault took place inside Mr Kejriwal's home - while Ms Maliwal was waiting to meet him - Ms Sitharaman said, "There cannot be any whataboutery. This happened inside Arvind Kejriwal's residence while he was present (and) by his right-hand man".
She called on the Aam Aadmi Party boss, who has not yet commented, to apologise, and noted he had been spotted "shamelessly moving around with Bibhav Kumar (the Chief Minister's aide, who has been accused of the assault)" at a joint opposition press conference in Lucknow this week.
