Delhi: 'Liquid' Attack On Kejriwal during Padayatra; AAP Blames BJP

AAP asked what will be the fate of common man when a former Chief Minister is not safe in the country's capital.

New Delhi: A liquid was thrown on former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal during a Padayatra in the Greater Kailash area here on Saturday.

During the Padyatra of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi's Greater Kailash assembly constituency, a person, who is bus marshall, tried to throw a liquid on Kejriwal on Saturday. The accused youth was caught by the security personnel and thrashed on the spot.

The incident took place as the political fight between Aam Aadmi Party and BJP has intensified ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Delhi. Both the parties are attacking each other. Of late, Kejriwal has been continuously attacking the BJP over the security arrangements in Delhi and is also targeting Home Minister Amit Shah.

MLA of Greater Kailash and Health Minister of Delhi Government Sourav Bharadwaj was present with him in this Padyatra. There were security personnel on both sides and there was a fence on both sides. Arvind Kejriwal was walking in the middle when the man threw the liquid, however, the policemen caught him.

The AAP blamed the BJP for the attack on Kejriwal, who is on bail. AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "The BJP leaders campaign in all the states, but they are not attacked. There are repeated attacks on Arvind Kejriwal. The BJP orchestrated an attack on him in Nagolai, then in Chhatarpur. The law and order is finished in Delhi and the Union Home Minister (Amit Shah) is not doing anything about it."

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said that the BJP workers have attacked Kejriwal. "The BJP is fearing that they will be defeated in the Delhi Assembly polls. The people of Delhi will take revenge of this act by the BJP. They had lost eight seats last time. This time, the Delhites will give the BJP zero seats."

AAP condemned the attack in its official post (Hindi) on X, "Shameless BJP again got Kejriwal attacked during the padyatra for raising questions on the deteriorating law and order situation in Delhi. Amit Shah's failure has once again become public. There is no rule of law in Delhi, but the rule of BJP goons. If a former Chief Minister is not safe in the country's capital, then what will happen to the common man?"

AAP further said that the law and order situation in Delhi has completely collapsed under the BJP rule.

A TIMELINE OF PHYSICAL ATTACKS ON ARVIND KERJRIWAL

30.11.2024: Arvind Kejriwal was targeted by an individual in an alleged liquid attack. The person was promptly detained by Kejriwal's security staff. Kejriwal was on his padyatra in Delhi's Greater Kailash area.

25.10.2024: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed that Kejriwal was attacked during a rally in the national capital and alleged that the attack was carried out by the Bharatiya Janata Party's goons.

05.05.2019: Arvind Kejriwal was slapped allegedly by a disgruntled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporter during a roadshow in Moti Nagar, prompting a strong reaction from the AAP, which alleged the BJP was behind the “cowardly act.” Delhi police said that preliminary interrogation has revealed that 33-year-old Suresh, a scrap dealer in the area, was a supporter of the party and he used to work as organiser of its rallies and meetings.

20.11.2018 : A man, identified as Anil Sharma, handed a letter to Arvind Kejriwal, swooped down to touch the AAP chief's feet and smeared chilli powder on his face. The incident happened inside Delhi Secretariat.

09.04.2016: In April 2016, a man The man, identified as Ved Prakash , threw a shoe at Arvind Kejriwal when he was announcing the reintroduction of the Odd-Even scheme in Delhi.

29.02.2016: In February 2016, some people attacked Arvind Kejriwal's car with iron rods and sticks in Punjab's Ludhiana.

17.01.2016: A woman named Bhavna Arora had thrown ink on Kejriwal when he was addressing a ‘thanksgiving’ rally at Chhatrasal Stadium here yesterday following the “success” of his government’s odd-even experiment, prompting angry reaction from AAP government which termed the incident as a part of “BJP conspiracy“. The woman, who claimed to be a member of the Punjab unit of Aam Aadmi Sena, a splinter group of Delhi’s ruling AAP, was later whisked away by police and questioned at the Model Town police station.

28.03.2014: Kejriwal was attacked and hit on his neck by a man during his road show at Charkhi Dadri in Haryana.

08.04.2014: An autorickshaw driver slapped Arvind Kejriwal in Sultanpuri area of Delhi.

04.04.2014: Arvind Kejriwal was today by an unidentified person during a roadshow in Dakshinpuri area of South Delhi and the former Chief Minister blamed BJP for the assault. When Kejriwal was shaking hands with his supporters, the person punched Kejriwal on his back and even tried to slap him.

25.03.2014: During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, some people threw eggs and ink at Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders of the AAP when he was campaigning in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi constituency.

18.11.2013: A former BJP worker from Maharashtra, Nachiketa Vaghrekar, threw ink at Arvind Kejriwal and his associate Manish Sisodia at a press conference.