AAP says BJP ‘goons’ attacked Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s convoy, charge denied.
Highlights
- Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s convoy ‘waylaid’, Police say ‘no intimation’ of programme
- Aam Aadmi Party on Mar 6 alleged that BJP goons attacked the convoy of its senior chief
- The Delhi unit of the BJP, nonetheless, rejected the charge
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday (March 6) alleged that BJP “goons” attacked the convoy of its senior chief and Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
The Delhi unit of the BJP, nonetheless, rejected the charge. The occasion mentioned residents of the Chhawla space in Delhi’s South-West district had protested towards the brand new liquor coverage of the Arvind Kejriwal authorities.
In a collection of tweets, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that the Delhi unit of the BJP deployed its “hooligans” to assault Jain’s convoy because it realised that it’s going to lose the upcoming civic physique polls.
“BJP GOONS ATTACK DELHI MINISTER @SatyendarJain’s CONVOY! BJP is losing MCD elections, hence they are down to what they know best – VIOLENCE!,” AAP tweeted.
On the microblogging website, the occasion additionally posted a video footage of the alleged assault.
“This is the BJP. It’s the party of hooligans and ruffians. When they are losing, they show their position. People will tell them their position,” Delhi Chief Minister and AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal mentioned in a Hindi tweet.
Party sources mentioned the incident occurred at Goyla Dairy-Najafgarh drain culvert round 12 midday.
“There was no goondaism against Minister Satyendar Jain, only local residents of the Chhawla area protested against the new liquor policy of the Kejriwal government,” Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor mentioned in a press release.
“It is really sad that the Aam Aadmi Party, which was born out of a agitational movement today cannot tolerate a people’s protest,” he added.
Delhi BJP media relations head Harish Khurana additionally hit out at AAP and condemned Kejriwal for his remarks.
“The kind of words that Arvind Kejriwalji has used that they were BJP goons and they should be shown their position, the BJP condemns it. Arvind Kejriwal Saheb you should know that they were not from the BJP. They were locals protesting against your excise policy. You are playing a very cheap politics,” he mentioned in a video message.
AAP’s chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj termed the incident as disgraceful and blamed the BJP for the incident.
“This is so disgraceful. The fear of defeat is haunting the BJP. What has been done with @SatyendarJain, what drama would have happened had it had been done with the prime minister,” he requested in a tweet.
A senior police officer mentioned when the minister was passing by means of Najafgarh, some individuals climbed onto the bonnet of his automobile and protested towards him.
“His vehicle had to be halted due to protest by some locals over alleged issues of governance etc, the officer said. A team of police reached the spot immediately as soon as information about the incident was received,” the officer mentioned.
“Within 10-15 minutes, the way was cleared and he went peacefully without any further disturbance on his way ahead,” the officer added. Police mentioned no grievance has been acquired up to now.
“If any complaint is received, legal action will be taken accordingly,” an officer mentioned.
In a press release later, the Delhi Police mentioned the well being minister had visited Goyala Vihar within the Chhawla police station space in reference to inauguration of a sewer line.
“For this, adequate staff were deployed at PS level, although there was no intimation of this programme,” the police mentioned.
After inauguration of the sewer line, police mentioned the minister left the venue and crossed the Goyala Dairy drain in direction of Dwarka the place some protesters raised slogans and “tried to stop his car”.
“Staff from the nearby police picket reached there and the protesters were removed immediately, and the minister left the spot,” police added.
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