Questioning his “silence” over expelled legislator Sandeep Kumar, activists of BJP’s Mahila Morcha on Thursday staged a protest against Arvind Kejriwal at the New Delhi Railway Station, with the AAP a
Questioning his “silence” over expelled legislator Sandeep Kumar, activists of BJP’s Mahila Morcha on Thursday staged a protest against Arvind Kejriwal at the New Delhi Railway Station, with the AAP alleging that the chief minister was manhandled during the “pre-planned” protest.
The activists, led by Delhi BJP Mahila Morcha president Kamaljeet Sehrawat and party spokesperson Praveen Kapoor, raised slogans and waved bangles at Mr Kejriwal, who arrived at platform number 1 to board a train for Punjab around 7 am.
Some activists managed to get close to Mr Kejriwal despite the presence of policemen. They demanded that Mr Kejriwal speak on the alleged “misconduct” of his MLAs and expel AAP leader Ashutosh for his controversial blog defending Sandeep Kumar, who was sacked as minister over an alleged sex scandal.
Blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Delhi police for the alleged manhandling of the chief minister at the hands of women protesters of the BJP, the AAP said that the law enforcing agency was a “mute spectator” during the “pre-planned” episode. BJP, however, denied any manhandling and said that the party activists resorted only to political protest.
“It is sad and shameful that people who once talked of daily dialogue with people, today term political protest as an attack,” Mr Kapoor said. Ms Sehrawat said the Mahila Morcha had recently met deputy CM Manish Sisodia and warned him about the “gherao” of Mr Kejriwal.
The AAP, on its part, wondered whether this was a conspiracy against the chief minister, with Mr Sisodia questioning the reason behind the alleged lapse. “Is Modiji conspiring with the Delhi police and BJP to attack Arvind Kejriwal Was the morning episode (manhandling of the CM) a rehearsal of it,” the deputy CM tweeted.
