Dalits want sacked minister removed as MLA

NEW DELHI: A group of Dalits and the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party held protests against former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Sandeep Kumar and demanded

NEW DELHI: A group of Dalits and the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party held protests against former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Sandeep Kumar and demanded his resignation as MLA.

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Kumar is among the AAP’s Dalit leaders.

The Dalit protest was held outside Kumar’s house and the BJP protest was held at Rajghat. The BJP women’s wing also protested against AAP leader Ashutosh for his comments on Mahatma Gandhi in a blog post.

“We prayed to Mahatma Gandhi to bestow good sense to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party. The entire country is shocked due to the attempt of character assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by AAP leader Ashutosh. The incidents in Aam Aadmi Party today have demoralised the women workers in the political and social field,” said the women’s wing president, Kamaljeet Sehrawat.

Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay also criticised the AAP. “The entire country knows that Arvind Kejriwal and his colleagues do not believe in any principles, they believe in using and throwing persons. But we did not know that he will degrade so much that he will insult Mahatma Gandhi also for political gain by whose name he used to swear,” he said.

The Delhi Congress also threatened to hold a silent protest at Rajghat on Monday against AAP leaders for their comments against Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Atal Behari Vajpayee. The party also threatened to protest outside the Delhi Assembly on September 9 during the one-day assembly session against the government’s failure.

“We along with all senior leaders of Delhi Congress will hold a “maun vrath” to pray that good sense prevails on Kejriwal and Ashutosh,” said Delhi Congress president, Ajay Maken.