Hours after the Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was allegedly assaulted by AAP MLAs, it has come to light that AAP leader Ashish Khetan was, reportedly, attacked by bureaucrats inside the secretariat.
The AAP leader has claimed that he was attacked by a mob of 200 to 250 people.
“A mob of 200 to 250 people assembled outside my elevator. The mob got aggressive and ran towards me while shouting slogans in the name of BJP. I was protected by my personal security officer but they got injured. All of this is captured by the CCTV camera,” News 18 quoted Ashish Khetan as saying.
The Chief Secretary, who has alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party legislators manhandled him late last night in the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, registered a complaint to the L-G Anil Baijal after the reported assault. He is likely to lodge an FIR against the MLAs.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta, who is also the Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly, alleged Kejriwal “in his dictatorial style” called the Chief Secretary at midnight on Monday and “berated” him in front of his MLAs, an allegation, AAP said was “ludicrous”.
“Drunk on power CM (Chief Minister) was concerned about why more funds were not dispersed for advertisements. Such is the state of affairs under AAP,” Gupta tweeted.
But Delhi government spokesperson Nagendar Sharma denied the allegation saying the Chief Secretary was making false accusation at the behest of BJP.
Sharma said, during a meeting at Kejriwal’s residence on the “faulty implementation” of Aadhaar that “deprived about 2.5 lakh families of ration”, the Chief Secretary refused to answer questions saying he was not answerable to MLAs or the Chief Minister but only to Lt Governor Anil Baijal.
(With IANS inputs)