New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Delhi Minister Ashish Sood on Thursday criticised Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi's allegedly disrespectful remarks about Guru Tegh Bahadur, asking the party to cancel her membership and offer an immediate apology.

In an official statement, Sood said that Atishi should have apologised for the controversy instead of "running away from the house and politicising the issue".

"Instead of making allegations, Atishi should have come to the House and clarified what exactly she said that led to this controversy, especially when both the ruling party and the opposition were unanimously speaking about respecting Gurus. In our society, it is believed that if a mistake is made and one apologises, the person becomes greater," he s...