BJP workers vandalise assets at CM house over Kashmir Files

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BJP workers vandalise assets at CM house over Kashmir Files

Thursday, 31 March 2022 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

BJP workers vandalise assets at CM house over Kashmir Files

Members of the BJP youth wing allegedly vandalised property outside the residence of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal here during a protest on Wednesday against his remarks on ‘The Kashmir Files’ film, further intensifying the war of words between the two parties.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that the BJP wants to “kill” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after its poll defeat in Punjab.

He alleged that the BJP youth wing activists damaged CCTV cameras as well as security barricades at the Chief Minister’s residence in the presence of Delhi Police personnel. They allegedly threw paint on the main gate of the residence. Sisodia also said they will lodge a formal complaint in this connection.

The BJP accused AAP of scripting a drama and playing the “victim card’’ after the “public anger’’ against Kejriwal’s remarks “mocking” displaced Kashmiri Pandits.

The Delhi Police said that a case has been registered against unidentified persons in connection with the incident.

The protestors, led by BJP Yuva Morcha’s national president and MP Tejasvi Surya, were holding a demonstration against Kejriwal’s remarks on the recently released controversial movie ‘The Kashmir Files’, which is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley after the outbreak of militancy.

The BJP, which has been targeting Kejriwal after he took a swipe at the party for promoting the film, demanded an apology from the CM, saying that he has insulted Hindus with his remarks about the movie.

Dismissing AAP’s outburst after the protest, Surya asserted that the “victims in this issue are Kashmiri Hindus and not the Aam Aadmi Party and Kejriwal’’.

The chief minister’s residence is located at 6, Flag Staff Road.

The protest started around 11.30 am on Wednesday. The Delhi Police said proper arrangements were put in place but some 15-20 protestors managed to reach the Flag Staff road and were immediately removed.

Some of the protesters, at around 1 PM, breached two barricades and reached outside CM House where they created a ruckus and shouted slogans, said DCP  Kalsi.

“They were carrying a small box of paint from which they threw paint outside the door. In the melee, a boom barrier arm was also found vandalised as also a CCTV camera. A police team immediately removed them from the spot and detained around 70 persons,” he said.

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