New Delhi [India]: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Nationalist Congress Party Working President Supriya Sule condemned the alleged attack on former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after Aam Aadmi Party’s allegation that the party’s national convenor was attacked during foot march in the national capital.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav condemned the incident and termed it “Worrying” and took a veiled aim at the BJP.
“The news of the attack on Arvind Kejriwal during the padyatra in Delhi is both condemnable and worrying. There is no need to say who might have carried out this attack.
Everyone knows whose political principles in Indian politics are violence and hatred. Being violent is a sign of defeat.”
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also slammed the BJP, saying the party is not able to ‘tolerate’ the support Kejriwal is getting from the people.
“Today, BJP has tried to attack Arvind Kejriwal from its office bearers. The support Kejriwal ji is getting from the people is not being tolerated by the BJP. They first conspired to kill him in the jail, when they couldn’t succeed in that, then such attacks are being carried out,” CM Mann said.
“No matter how much BJP tries, it will never succeed in reducing Arvind Kejriwal’s popularity and defeating him. Janata is with Arvind Kejriwal ji,” he added.
NCP MP Supriya Sule condemned the attack while stating that political violence has “no place” in India.
“Strongly condemn the attack on @ArvindKejriwal Ji during his padyatra. Political violence has no place in India, and it undermines our democratic values. We must ensure the safety of all leaders and reject violence in our political discourse,” Sule stated in a post on X.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday alleged that former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was attacked during a rally in the national capital by the “goons” of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Posting a purported picture from the site of the incident, AAP alleged that the man who attacked Kejriwal is associated with the BJP.
“The man who attacked Arvind Kejriwal today is a BJP goon,” AAP stated.
Several other AAP leaders also condemned the incident accusing the BJP of
Raghav Chadha said that these attacked are being carried out at BJP’s behest after all their ‘tactics’ have failed.
“After all the tactics have failed, are attacks being carried out on Arvind Kejriwal at the behest of BJP? The level of politics should not stoop so low. If anything happens to Kejriwal, who will be responsible for it? In all these years, Kejriwal has not earned money but people’s blessings. The prayers and blessings of the people of the entire country protect Arvind Kejriwal,” the Rajya Sabha MP stated.
“Jako rakhe Saiya maar sake na koi (Whom God protects, no one can harm him),” he added.
Party leader and former minister Satyendra Jain alleged that BJP is “desperate” of losing next assembly elections.
“Open hooliganism of BJP. @ArvindKejriwal defeated BJP thrice in Delhi. BJP is desperate, it is losing the elections so it is attacking Kejriwal. BJP wants to end @ArvindKejriwal,” Jain stated.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said the former Delhi CM could have “lost his life” in the attack. She further alleged that the Delhi Police didn’t take any action against the miscreants who attacked the AAP chief.
“Today during the padayatra, some BJP workers raised slogans against Arvind Kejriwal and attacked him. Anything could have happened to him in this attack. If they had weapons, Arvind Kejriwal could have also lost his life. This attack has clearly been carried out by the BJP because BJP workers had attacked Arvind Kejriwal earlier as well. Till date, Delhi police has not taken any action against those who had attacked Arvind Kejriwal,” CM Atishi said.
AAP leader Manish Sisodia said the attack on Arvind Kejriwal is extremely “condemnable and worrying.”
Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj also stated that If anything happens to Kejriwal, the BJP will be directly responsible for that.
Assembly polls in Delhi are expected to be held in early 2025. In the last elections, AAP registered a landslide victory winning 62 out of the 70 seats, while BJP secured eighth seats. Congress could not win a single seat.