Tajinder Bagga case: Manish Sisodia breaks silence, says BJP going all out to save a ‘goon’

The arrest by Punjab Police--and subsequent release--of Delhi BJP spokesperson Bagga has triggered an intense war of words between the AAP and BJP.

Published on: May 7, 2022, 14:50:26 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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Delhi deputy chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday became the senior-most party member to react on the arrest by Punjab Police--and later release--of Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, as he slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for 'going all out to protect a goon’.

Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga arrives at his residence after being produced before the Duty Metropolitan Magistrate, in New Delhi.  (HT_PRINT)

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“The BJP and its governments are using their political might to save a goon who spoke against communal harmony and Punjab and tried to incite a riot in the state. BJP is a party of goons and uses its governments as goons. They never talk about things like education, health, inflation and unemployment,” Sisodia tweeted in Hindi, without directly naming Bagga.

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Sisodia's tweet came a day after a team of the Punjab Police arrested Bagga for an alleged inflammatory tweet against AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, of whom the 36-year-old is a staunch critic. The Punjab Police, which reports to the state's newly-elected AAP government, said that the BJP leader ignored five previous summons to appear for questioning in the case.

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On the other hand, the Delhi Police, which reports to the Union home ministry and, therefore, the BJP-ruled Centre, said it was not given any prior intimation by its Punjab counterparts that a team will come to arrest Tajinder Bagga. In a dramatic sequence of events that followed, the Punjab Police team, while taking Bagga to a court in Mohali, was stopped by the Haryana Police in Kurukshetra; Haryana, which has a BJP government, borders both Delhi and Punjab.

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Eventually, he was ‘handed back’ to the Delhi Police who brought him back to the national capital. The force has also filed a ‘kidnapping’ FIR against its Punjab counterparts.

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