Watch | Atishi breaks down over BJP leader's remarks on her surname: 'You will do such atrocious things ...'

Delhi chief minister Atishi on Monday broke down during a press conference in the national capital after BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri made controversial remarks against her.

BJP's Kalkaji candidate Bidhuri had earlier courted controversy for his remarks on Atishi's surname.

"How can our politics downgrade so much? He should show what work he has done for Kalkaji when he was MP for 10 years. He should ask for votes based on his work, not by abusing my father," Atishi said as she welled up while addressing reporters.

Atishi said that her father does not keep well and cannot even walk without support as she criticised Bidhuri for doing such an atrocious thing just for the sake of elections.

#WATCH | Delhi CM Atishi breaks down while speaking about BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri's reported objectionable statement regarding her. pic.twitter.com/CkKRbGMyaL
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Speaking at BJP's 'Parivartan Rally' in Rohini that was later addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bidhuri said Atishi changed her surname from "Marlena" to "Singh".

Atishi, who is the sitting MLA from the Kalkaji Assembly seat, dropped her surname a while back.

"This Marlena (surname used earlier by Atishi) became Singh and changed her name. Kejriwal swore over his children not to go with the corrupt Congress; Marlena changed fathers. Earlier she was Marlena; now she has become Singh. This is their character," Bidhuri charged.

Elections in Delhi are expexted expected to be held in February.