Chilli powder attack on CM: AAP playing victim card\, detailed probe needed\, says BJP

Chilli powder attack on CM: AAP playing victim card, detailed probe needed, says BJP

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

BJP legislators Tuesday sought a detailed probe into the chilli powder attack on to unearth a "conspiracy" by the AAP, which, they said, was playing the "victim card".

"It is surprising that the (CMO) and the have not filed a complaint. Do the CMO and the have nothing to do with the safety and security of the chief minister," of Opposition Vijender Gupta said.

Demanding the arrest of an of the chief minister, the BJP said the had allegedly facilitated the entry of the accused, Anil Sharma, into the secretariat.

"The high voltage drama by the in Delhi, smells (like) a conspiracy to play victim card over the issue," Gupta said.

Sharma threw the chilli powder at Kejriwal outside his office in the Secretariat last week. The (AAP) described the attack as "politically motivated", while asserting that the BJP is hatching a conspiracy in collusion with the to attack the

On Monday, MLAs of the Kejriwal-led party had slammed the police and the Centre over the attack in the ongoing Special Session of the Delhi assembly.

Top party leaders, including Kejriwal, have accused the BJP of having a hand in attacks on him in past three years.

Kejriwal himself demanded that resign if he cannot ensure a Delhi chief minister's security.

Gupta alleged there were "discrepancies in the allegations of the Delhi government, and the AAP, and still the BJP was being targeted over the issue, although police interrogation of Sharma revealed that he had no affiliation with the (BJP) party."

"It is requested that the matter may be taken on top priority to clean the foul air created due to propaganda of and the AAP," he said in a memorandum submitted to Patnaik.

Gupta was accompanied by his party MLAs OP Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan during the meeting with the

has registered a case into the attack on the chief minister with its Crime Branch probing the matter.

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First Published: Tue, November 27 2018. 14:55 IST