New Delhi, March 24 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday unveiled a new statue of Bhagat Singh at a park in Malviya Nagar, south Delhi on the occasion of Shaheedi Diwas and criticised the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which protested against the relocation of Bhagat Singh's pictures in government offices after the BJP came to power.
The unveiling comes amid a political controversy that erupted last month over the damaged statue of Bhagat Singh at the same park in Malviya Nagar. "When our government took oath a month ago, the AAP raised noise about the positioning of Bhagat Singh's portrait inside my office. Why is the portrait on this wall and not that wall...they performed all their drama...but when Bhagat Singh's statue was lying ...