Aam Aadmi Party on Friday accused BJP's East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir of using a lookalike during a roadshow.
AAP's candidate Aatishi, Gambhir's rival for East Delhi constituency, posted a photo of what looked like Gambhir sitting inside a car and said: "Gautam outside, Gambhir inside".
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the incident was an example of the "mahamilwat" between Congress and BJP.
Tweeting a picture of Gambhir sitting inside a car, Sisodia said "Gambhir is sitting inside an AC car due to scorching heat, while his lookalike who is a Congress leader is campaigning on his behalf."
AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj posted a video clip to “show” how a look-alike could be used to fool people, and wondered if there was anything “cooking” between the Congress and the BJP.
गौतम धूप में
— Atishi for East Delhi (@Katu__Vachan) May 10, 2019
गंभीर AC में
😂🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/oo2AHL9KFJ
The BJP however dismissed the allegation as AAP’s attempt to stir up a controversy something "minor".
BJP leader who’s in charge of East Delhi Rajiv Babbar said: "In this series of spreading misinformation they today said that a party worker campaigned in place of Gautam Gambhir, which is absolutely false".
ये कांग्रेस और बीजेपी की महामिलावट है. गौतम गम्भीर ए.सी. गाड़ी में नीचे बैठे है. उन्हें धूप में समस्या है. उनकी जगह उनका हमशक्ल कैंप लगाकर खड़ा है. कार्यकर्ता 'डुप्लीकेट' को गौतम गम्भीर समझकर माला पहना रहे हैं.
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) May 10, 2019
और जो डुप्लीकेट है वो असल में कांग्रेसी नेता है. https://t.co/bT0k0QYVSG
Babbar said that Gambhir felt unwell because of the heat, and that he sat in the front seat of his campaign vehicle for 10-15 minutes while party workers who were campaigning continued to wave at the crowds.
"Waving of hands by workers atop campaign vehicles is a normal practice. Had Gautam Gambhir not been inside the vehicle we could have considered it wrong but in present case when he was visible for all to see, the BJP feels it’s just one more controversy by opponents," he claimed.
This means @GautamGambhir expects JANTA will come out in hot scorching sun to waive & garland a duplicate. While he sits in AC car. Wow !!
— Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) May 10, 2019
इसे कहते है जनता का मूर्ख बनाना । pic.twitter.com/RyW1fnQIM3