The BJP attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday for avoiding media questions concerning the alleged assault on his celebration MP Swati Maliwal at his residence in Delhi, accusing him of behaving extra like a “goon”. The Aam Aadmi Party convener was talking at a press convention earlier within the day in Lucknow with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, when the Delhi chief minister was questioned concerning the incident. Kejriwal averted the query, which was fielded by AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was additionally current. Singh said that his celebration has already taken a transparent place on the problem.
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva chastised the chief minister for avoiding media questions and demanded his resignation instantly, accepting accountability for the incident.
BJP nationwide spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed Kejriwal is the principle “criminal” within the incident during which his aide Bibhav Kumar allegedly bodily attacked Maliwal on the chief minister’s residence. Bhatia additionally talked about a cellphone name Maliwal made to the Delhi Police on the day of the incident.
“Kejriwal’s silence speaks volumes. “Out of jail, he is extra of a ‘goonda’ than a chief minister,” Bhatia instructed journalists. Bhatia famous that Bibhav Kumar was photographed with Kejriwal throughout his go to to Lucknow.
At the press convention, Sanjay Singh used incidents of crimes in opposition to ladies in Manipur, ladies wrestlers’ complaints in opposition to BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and the Prajwal Revanna case to criticise the BJP.
The AAP has made its place clear within the Maliwal case, and nobody ought to politicise it, Singh stated.
Bhatia famous that Singh admitted {that a} condemnable incident had occurred in opposition to Maliwal, and that Kejriwal was anticipated to behave in a case involving a celebration colleague. Instead, he described the accused as a “twin brother” travelling with him.
“This shows Kejriwal has no commitment to justice for women, while the BJP is fighting for justice for an opposition leader,” he stated, accusing him of cowardice. Bhatia demanded that the AAP chief break his silence or, if he’s a coward, resign. He stated that the girl The Rajya Sabha MP has been incommunicado because the incident, and the BJP chief questioned if she had been kidnapped or forcibly faraway from the general public eye.
He additionally criticised Yadav for trying to downplay the incident by claiming that it’s not a giant deal. Targeting the Samajwadi Party, Bhatia recalled the late SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s controversial defence of some males accused of rape, claiming that “they are boys, they make mistakes.”
Sachdeva echoed Bhatia’s assault on Akhilesh Yadav, saying nothing extra was anticipated of him. Sachdeva said that Kejriwal was photographed with Bibhav Kumar and Sanjay Singh at Lucknow airport, demonstrating how critically the Chief Minister is taking the matter.
“They are travelling with Kumar, whom they consider an offender. “Lies, deception, and crafty are the hallmarks of Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party,” the Delhi BJP president charged. “Was it not a accountability of Kejriwal who holds the constitutional submit of chief minister and was current at his residence on the time of the incident, to lodge a police criticism,” he requested.
