Former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan | Photo Credit: Times Now

New Delhi: Two days after the Aam Aadmi Party's Lok Sabha candidate from East Delhi, Atishi, rebuffed former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan's allegations, the ex-Congress legislator has again accused the AAP of allegedly fooling Muslims by portraying its candidate as a Punjabi Hindu.

“Yes, I stand by my comment, 100 per cent. Arvind Kejriwal is brazenly indulging in caste and politics of religion. He forced Atishi to remove Mar-Lena from her name. Jews have no place in Indian culture. I believe in Islam. I am a follower of Islam and a Jew can't lead Muslims. And I am ready to face any punishment for my remark, the former Okhla MLA told Timesnownews.com.

Asif Mohammad Khan had raised a political storm when he asked voters during a rally in Batla House area of Jamia Nagar not to vote for Atishi, alleging that she was a 'Jew'. Khan had also urged his supporters to spread the word about Atishi's 'so-called Jewishness' to every Muslim household.

In her rebuttal, Atishi claimed that she belongs to a Punjabi Hindu family and the ex-Congress leader is just spreading lies against her to achieve political gains. Earlier, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted in the support of Atishi, saying she is a Hindu Rajput.

Muslim-dominated Jamia Nagar comes under the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. The densely-populated locality has around two lakh Muslim voters. The area has traditionally voted for the Congress, except in 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections when the APP swept across Delhi.

Atishi is pitted against Congress leader and Delhi's former education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely. In a three-cornered contest, the BJP has fielded former cricketer Gautam Gambhir.

Khan went on further saying, “There are only two flags in the world that are white. One is the flag of Israel and another is of the Aam Aadmi Party. Being a Jew, Atishi has designed AAP's white flag on the lines of the Israeli one.”

The former Congress MLA also alleged that Atishi hid many details in her election affidavit. “Her husband is a Muslim named Javed Khan and is lodged Delhi's Tihar Jai,” Asif Khan further alleged.

Meanwhile, AAP leader and Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan said the party is not going to take any action against the former Congress legislator.

“We don't want to give any importance to his illogical statements. And that's the reason we haven't taken any action against him. We don't want to make a hero out of him. Asif should know that there are no conversions in Judaism and how can a Jew be born in a Punjabi family?,” said Amanatullah Khan.

The AAP and Congress are trying to get the support of the Muslim community, which plays a decisive role in the East Delhi constituency.