Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the alleged ‘harassment’ of AAP workers by the police and said that even though ‘hooliganism’ was meted out to him in Gujarat, such behavior is not acceptable in Delhi. Will not accept.
In a post on Twitter, Kejriwal said, “Amit Shah ji has completely lost his temper. Amit ji, you may have committed hooliganism in Gujarat, but Delhi will not tolerate your hooliganism.”
Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh also alleged that the BJP is using the police to harass AAP workers in Delhi due to fear of defeat.
Singh said in a post on The rules and laws are being flouted. The Election Commission should take cognizance of the incident.
Speaking to ANI, AAP MP Sanjay Singh alleged that his party workers were detained by the police on the basis of “false complaints”.
Singh said, “BJP is going to lose in New Delhi constituency. When Pravesh Verma distributes money and other things, no action is taken even after we lodge a complaint. On the other hand, there are false allegations against our party workers. A complaint was made and based on that he was detained. How can we campaign in such a situation?”
Delhi Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on February 5 and counting of votes will take place on February 8. A total of 699 candidates are in the fray for the 70 assembly seats of Delhi.
The Congress, which has been in power in Delhi for 15 consecutive years, has suffered a setback in the last two assembly elections and has failed to win any seat. In contrast, AAP dominated the 2015 and 2020 assembly elections by winning 67 and 62 seats respectively out of the total 70 seats, while BJP got only three and eight seats in these elections.
