CM Atishi Shares Pic Of Man Who Attacked Arvind Kejriwal With Liquid, Links Him With BJP
Kejriwal was greeting people standing behind a cordon when the man approached him and splashed some liquid on him, following which the security personnel swiftly overpowered him
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi shared a picture of the man who attacked AAP Convener and Former CM Arvind Kejriwal and alleged that he is a worker of the BJP. Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the man wanted to burn Kejriwal alive by throwing "spirit" on him.
The man who attacked Arvind Kejriwal today is a BJP goon. #KejriwalAttackedByBJP pic.twitter.com/1PxWvIcvuo
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) November 30, 2024
Kejriwal was greeting people standing behind a cordon when the man approached him and splashed some liquid on him, following which the security personnel swiftly overpowered him. Kejriwal and the security personnel accompanying him were later seen wiping their faces. The attacker was beaten up by people before he was taken away by the police.
#WATCH | A person tried to throw a liquid on former Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal during his padyatra in Delhi's Greater Kailash area.
— ANI (@ANI) November 30, 2024
The person was later held by his security staff. pic.twitter.com/9c9MhzLEzj
Bharadwaj, in a press conference, claimed that the man was carrying spirit in one hand and a matchbox in the other. "He threw the spirit, which fell on Kejriwal and me, but he could not start the fire. Our alert volunteers and the public caught him," Bharadwaj added.
Police said the accused has been identified as Ashok Jha, a serving bus marshal at Delhi Transport Corporation's Khanpur Depot. News agency PTI citing sources said that the 41-year-old was frustrated as he was not getting his salary for the past six months.
Jha claimed that during the formation of AAP, he gave a donation to the party but was upset with its "fake promises", the sources said.
The BJP has strongly refuted the AAP's charges. BJP's Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva claimed that the incident of throwing "water" on Kejriwal was an old tactic of the AAP. "Delhiites are asking why such incidents happen with him only," he said.
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