Kapil Mishra's Attacker Member of BJP's Youth Wing
After a sacked leader Kapil Mishra was attacked by a man named Ankit Bhardwaj, the Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday denied any connection with the attacker and claimed Bharadwaj is a member of the ABVP.
Speaking to the media, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said:
We condemn the attack on Kapil Mishra. AAP is against any form of violence in politics.
Won't Relent in Our War Against Corruption: Kapil Mishra After Assault
Mishra was sitting on a 'Satyagraha' when he was attacked by a person named Ankit Bhardwaj, who claims to be an AAP activist, reports ANI.
Speaking to the media after the assault, Mishra said:
I’m in a war against corruption. Let them attack, I won’t relent... I urge my supporters to not retaliate to any aggression.
Bhardwaj, who was later apprehended by the Delhi Police, claims to have attacked Mishra because the sacked minister had “betrayed the AAP and Arvind Kejriwal.”
Kapil Mishra Sits on ‘Satyagraha’
Sacked AAP leader Kapil Mishra intensified his attack and started a hunger strike demanding details of international travel expenses of five senior AAP leaders. Mishra, who accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Minister Satyendar Jain of corruption and other irregularities, began his ‘Satyagrah’ on Wednesday.
He said that AAP leaders have gone on a huge number of foreign trips using donations meant for the party.
Talking to reporters in Delhi, he said, “I have been getting life threats, got a threat also from an international number. But I am not afraid of anything.”
Kapil Mishra Files 3 CBI Complaints Against Kejriwal, AAP Leaders
Mishra on Tuesday filed CBI complaints against Kejriwal over allegations of corruption and also against his relatives and some AAP leaders, hours after he posted an open letter to the chief minister.
He handed over three sealed envelops to the CBI that he called "evidence".
"I have registered three complaints. First on the exchange of cash between Kejriwal and Satyendra Jain. Second on the firm owned by Kejriwal's relatives involved in PWD and a Chhatarpur farmhouse land deal... The third is on the foreign trips by five AAP leaders," Mishra told reporters after filing the complaints.
AAP Suspends Kapil Mishra From Party's Primary Membership
Capping the day of dramatic developments, the AAP's high-powered Political Affairs Committee (PAC) chaired by Kejriwal on Monday night suspended Mishra from the party's primary membership.
Both Jain and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia hit back at Mishra saying he had "lost his mental balance" and levelling "baseless allegations".
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