Manish Sisodia's Residence Attacked By BJP 'Goons', Alleges AAP; Saffron Party Denies Claims

AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that the police did not stop the goons from entering Sisodia's residence and even removed the barricades around the house.

BJP workers stage a protest outside Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's residence, in New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday alleged that the house of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was attacked by goons of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the help of Delhi Police. Soon after the incident came to light, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to condemn the incident. "The goons entered his house in police presence when he was away." Further in his tweet, Kejriwal also asked as to why is the BJP getting so desperate by the day in Delhi?

I strongly condemn the systematic, organised and violent attack on Dy CM Sh Manish Sisodia’s home. The goons entered his house in police presence when he was away. Why is BJP getting so desperate by the day in Delhi?

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 10, 2020

Earlier in the day, several workers of the saffron party staged a protest near Sisodia's residence over an alleged conspiracy to kill mayors and leaders of the party-ruled municipal corporations staging an indefinite sit-in protest demanding payment of dues from the Kejriwal government. While addressing a press conference, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that the police did not stop the goons from entering Sisodia's residence and even removed the barricades around the house. He also played a purported video of the outside area of Sisodia's residence where a group of people can be seen forcefully entering inside. "BJP goons attacked the house of deputy chief minister while he was not at home. The Delhi Police helped the BJP goons in this act," Bhardwaj added. No immediate reaction was available from the city police. Another AAP leader Atishi called the incident as "black day" in political history of the national capital. "This is a black day in Delhi's political history that the Union Home Minister is now using his party goons and Delhi Police to attack the family of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in his absence from his residence," she said at the press conference.

Attack orchestrated on the family of DyCM @msisodia in the late morning today by @AmitShah - who sent BJP gundas with protection of @DelhiPolice to the DyCM’s residence. CCTV footage clearly shows @DelhiPolice standing aside and letting BJP goons enter DyCM’s home pic.twitter.com/2QYv2a9gjy

— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) December 10, 2020

Meanwhile, reacting to the charges, Delhi BJP vice president Ashok Goel Devraha claimed AAP leaders were trying to divert attention from the 'conspiracy' to kill BJP mayors and other corporation leaders. "We protested outside Sisodia's residence to make it clear that the BJP workers are capable of answering any form of challenge," he said. On Wednesday, Delhi BJP wing lodged a police complaint against Sisodia and AAP leader Durgesh Pathak, alleging that they were conspiring to kill leaders of the party-ruled municipal corporations. Pathak, however, refuted the claims alleging that the BJP has a habit of mixing random audios with random videos to "defame and malign" the image of people.