BJP took severe exception to Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal’s attempt for a massive protest near the BJP headquarters against his PA Bibhav Kumar’s arrest. It advised him he should not indulge in theatrics and instead break his “silence” on the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal by his aide, at his official residence only.
Shehzad Poonawalla, the BJP’s national spokesperson, asked Kejriwal if he had ordered the “attack” on Maliwal at the chief minister’s residence and gave patronage to Kumar because he knows his “dark secrets”.
Why is the CCTV (camera) footage missing? Did Kejriwal help Bibhav to destroy/tamper evidence, including CCTV (camera) footage from Shoshan Mahal (Kejriwal’s residence)? Why release small clips and not full CCTV (camera) footage?, she asked. She wondered over AAP’s U turn from what its MP Sanjay Singh said 96 hours ago and why victim-blaming now by AAP?.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari deplored that why is Arvind Kejriwal not saying anything on the Swati Maliwal case and speaking in favour of Bibhav Kumar, who is accused of beating her up? Why is he trying to save Bibhav Kumar? What is his compulsion?, he asked asked.
“Protesting in favour of the person who beat up a woman. What disgusting thinking. Everyone in Delhi is surprised and shocked,” he charged. Tiwari said the people of Delhi want answers to questions on the alleged assault and wondered if he had come out on interim bail to do such things.
Shazia Ilmi, another BJP national spokesperson, also flayed Kejriwal over the protest and said AAP should be renamed to “Aam Aapradhi Party”. She alleged that AAP has released selective footage of Kejriwal’s residence to show that Maliwal was not assaulted
. “The Aam Aadmi Party has become synonymous with the ‘dirty fix’ department. They have released edited CCTV footage. Bibhav Kumar reformatted his mobile phone on May 14 itself, deleted all information,” she charged.