The BJP and the AAP joined ranks to appeal to the residents of Seelampur for peace after the area witnessed violence and arson during a protest against the amended citizenship law on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also appealed to Delhiites to maintain peace, saying violence cannot be tolerated in a civilised society. The Aam Aadmi Party also appealed to the people to not indulge in any violence and hold demonstrations peacefully. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said people should maintain peace and protest peacefully.
The AAP and its Seelampur MLA Haji Ishraq, who came in the line of fire, too appealed to the people to register their protest peacefully after the area witnessed violence on Tuesday during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act.
"I am appealing all the people to register protest and convey their message peacefully," Ishraq said in a video message. He urged local locals and youngsters not to venture out on the main roads of the area to register their protest.
Cricketer-turned-East Delhi BJP MP Gautam Gambhir and Seelampur AAP MLA Haji Ishraq appealed to people to maintain peace and distance themselves from violence.
"I want to appeal to people to maintain peace and distance themselves from any kind of violence. Whatever your grievances, you may peacefully discuss it with the government. Do not be misled by any political party or any person," Gambhir said.
Earlier in the day, angry protesters demanding scrapping of the amended Citizenship Act, torched several motor bikes, pelted stones at police and damaged public buses in Northeast Delhi's Seelampur area in fresh violence in the national capital over the citizenship amended act.
Police resorted to baton charges and fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters. The situation is volatile and tense but under full control, said a senior police officer. Round the clock patrolling has been mounted in the affected areas and a close watch is being maintained in other parts of the trans Yamuna areas to keep a tab on trouble mongers, the police said.