The AAP on Thursday alleged that BJP MLA Abhay Verma has abused and slapped a sanitation worker in the national capital. However, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) asked the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East District to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against the culprits.
Releasing a purported video of Verma, AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar alleged that the BJP, which was in power in the MCD earlier, had "halted the salaries of the sanitation workers".
"In this video, a BJP leader, Abhay Verma, who is the MLA from Lakshmi Nagar, can be seen beating up a safai karamchari along with his men and also abusing him very badly. He has used words which we cannot tell the media present over here. That's how vulgar his language is in this video. Also, in the video you can see how ruthlessly Verma beats up a safai karamchari. This is the true face of this MLA and of the BJP," Kumar said.
"It is clear that BJP is an anti-Dalit party. The saffron party is rattled with its defeat in MCD and is venting out its anger on the sanitation workers of the underprivileged sections of society. It is clearly visible in the video that Abhay Verma is slapping the worker, abusing his mother." He said.
Kumar said that this is very unfortunate that the BJP, which still has not recovered from the shock of the MCD loss, is now taking its revenge against the safai karamcharis. Most of these people come from marginalised communities and are not very well off. The BJP did not pay their salaries on time during its 15-year tenure and did not clear their arrears. Now the they reached a point where it is attacking these safai karamcharis.
Senior AAP leader Rakhi Birla said they will meet Delhi Police and ask them to provide security to the safai karamcharis in Delhi.