Ink attack on Arvind Kejriwal: Deputy CM says he 'can see BJP's conspiracy'
New Delhi, Jan 18: Ink was thrown at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by a young woman when he was addressing a 'thanksgiving' rally following the 'success' of his government's odd-even experiment, prompting an angry reaction from the AAP government which termed the incident as a part of "BJP conspiracy".
The woman, who appeared to be in her 20s, came close to the lectern when Kejriwal was delivering his speech, waved some papers towards him, and then threw ink at the chief minister. Some ink also fell on the chief minister and those standing close to him.
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.
Reacting
sharply
to
the
incident,
an
agitated
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Manish
Sisodia
slammed
Delhi
Police,
calling
the
incident
a
major
security
lapse
and
wondered
whether
it
was
"sitting
in
readiness
to
stage
an
attack
on
Kejriwal."
"I can see a BJP conspiracy. They want to take advantage of such a situation and attack Kejriwal and the entire cabinet. They may also kill people because they cannot stand the success of the odd-even scheme and AAP's popularity among the masses.
Police is a part of the conspiracy," he told reporters.
The incident happened around 4.50 p.m. when Kejriwal was five minutes into his address at the rally organised by the city government to thank people of Delhi for making the pilot road-rationing scheme a "grand success".
There was a commotion following the ink attack, forcing Kejriwal to halt his speech for around seven minutes.
He
later
said,
"Leave
her.
She
is
referring
to
some
scam...CNG
scam.
Take
the
papers
from
her...Whenever
something
good
is
attempted
in
the
country
or
in
Delhi
some
forces
create
all
sorts
of
hurdles.
As
Gopal
Rai
said,
many
forces
had
tried
to
ensure
the
odd-even
scheme
failed," he
said.
When
asked
about
the
incident,
police
said
the
woman
was
being
interrogated
but
refused
to
divulge
her
name.
The woman, on her part, claimed that she has "proof in the form of a CD" that "these people have committed CNG scam".
The alleged CNG scam had happened under the previous Congress dispensation and the Kejriwal government had recently set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe it. Citing jurisdictional issues, the Centre had declared the probe as illegal, but an unfazed AAP government decided to continue with it.
PTI