A mob armed with sticks on Friday, 8 February, attacked the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's car in Delhi’s Narela area.
The incident took place when the Delhi CM had gone to the outer Delhi locality to inaugurate development works in 25 unauthorised colonies, PTI reported citing police official.
“A group of about 100 men tried to stop Kejriwal’s car and attacked it with sticks. Nobody was hurt.”Police official to PTI
Following the attack, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Twitter slammed Delhi police saying, “If Delhi Police cannot protect a chief minister then how will they protect the common man? Does this happen in any Indian state where CM is attacked repeatedly and the Police fails to act?”
Delhi Govt Blames BJP for the Attack on CM Arvind Kejriwal
Later in a notification, Delhi government blamed Bhartiya Janata Party for the attack, saying "it strongly condemns the attack on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s vehicle by BJP workers in police presence at Narela in North West Delhi."
“It is extremely shocking that the Chief Minister’s vehicle was moving along the route cleared by the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the area, when the BJP workers armed with sticks attacked the vehicle in police presence.”
“The police, in its presence allowed the BJP workers to surround the chief minister’s vehicle, block it and bang the window panes of the vehicle in full public view with sticks. Instead of making any effort to prevent these goons from reaching the chief minister, it seemed the Delhi Police personnel present at the spot were more interested in escorting them till the chief minister’s vehicle," the notification added.
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