As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislature party on Tuesday cleared the decks for Delhi minister Atishi to succeed Arvind Kejriwal as the next Chief Minister, this triggered a no-holds-barred fight and mudslinging within the party as its Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal and Delhi MLA Dilip Pandey locked horns and traded barbs.

Taking to social media platform X, she posted, “Today is a very sad day for Delhi. A woman is being made the Chief Minister of Delhi whose family fought a long battle to save terrorist Afzal Guru from the death penalty”.

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has intensified her criticism of Delhi minister Atishi, who was selected by outgoing CM Arvind Kejriwal as his successor. Maliwal alleges that Atishi's parents had connections with Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani,

AAP leader Dilip Pandey attacked Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Tuesday for her "dummy CM" remarks on AAP leader Atishi, who is set to succeed as the Delhi CM.