New Delhi, March 7: The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday claimed that Bhartiya Janta Party Goons attacked the convoy of its senior leader and Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, however BJP rejected the charge saying it was only local residents of the Chhawla area protesting against the new liquor policy of the Kejriwal government.
“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 with a video footage of the alleged attack.
Following which Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hitting out on BJP in a Tweet said, “This is BJP. It’s a party of hooligans and ruffians. When they are losing, they show their position. People will tell them their position.”
However, BJP Delhi denied the charge. The party said residents of the Chhawla area in Delhi’s South-West district had protested against the new liquor policy of the Arvind Kejriwal government.
“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 said adding it is really sad that the Aam Aadmi Party, which was born out of a agitational movement today cannot tolerate a people’s protest.
Delhi BJP media relations head Harish Khurana also 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.”
According to police, the minister was passing through Najafgarh when some people climbed onto the bonnet of his vehicle and protested against 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 said, as quoted by PTI.
Further, it took place when the health minister visited Goyala Vihar in the Chhawla police station area in connection with the inauguration of a sewer line. After inauguration of the sewer line, police said the minister left the venue and crossed the Goyala Dairy drain towards Dwarka where some protesters raised slogans and “tried to stop his car.”
