Swati Maliwal News Highlights: ‘BJP and PM Modi are scared of Kejriwal,’ says Atishi on AAP's protest

Swati Maliwal News Live: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday, calling it the ‘Ahankari Aadmi Party,’ and accusing it of attempting to protect the accused in the alleged assault case involving AAP MP Swati Maliwal.

“The Aam Aadmi Party has become the 'Ahankari Aadmi Party'... Arvind Kejriwal should answer why he is not speaking up when a woman who is a Rajya Sabha member from your party has been assaulted by your people. She was not just verbally assaulted but physically assaulted too. Instead of delivering justice to your MP, you are trying to save the accused. Kejriwal ji, you should remember that this is India, where 'Mahabharat' happened when Draupadi was insulted, and the entire lineage was finished. Neither you nor your party will survive,” he said.

Swati Maliwal News Live: AAP leader and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Sunday that the investigation agency should be impartial, referring to the Delhi Police. He further criticised the investigation process, stating that the agency is “working to create an election narrative for the BJP.”

“The CCTV cameras installed to monitor entry and exit within the security area are under PWD, and Delhi Police took all the CCTV footage yesterday. Today, Delhi Police also took CCTV footage from inside the Chief Minister's residence. Nothing has been deleted or tampered with. Delhi Police is working at the behest of BJP... What is written in the diary is confidential, but Delhi Police distributed it to tarnish the image of AAP,” he said.

Swati Maliwal News Live: Delhi minister and AAP member Saurabh Bharadwaj, speaking to the media on Sunday, described the May 13 incident of the alleged assault on Rajya Sabha MP and former DCW chief Swati Maliwal.

“On May 13, the media learned about the case involving Swati Maliwal and Bibhav Kumar. BJP’s Delhi Police provided the public with information that Swati Maliwal had made a call to 112. Delhi Police even released a photo of the DD entry - indicating when the call was received. Delhi Police are the interested party because their political needs are being fulfilled by doing this; otherwise, I have never seen the police doing something like this before. Everybody knows that Bibhav Kumar was in Lucknow with the Delhi CM. However, Delhi Police ran the news that Bibhav Kumar was absconding. Later, Bibhav Kumar himself sent an email to the police and said that he would cooperate. He went with the police to the police station for that. Soon after, we received the news that he was arrested,” he said.

Swati Maliwal News Live: Delhi minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai, speaking about their party's protest against the BJP, said, “The way the BJP and the PM are playing the game of 'jail and bail'... the party (AAP) has decided that if they (BJP) want to divert people's attention from the real issues, we would go there to offer our arrest so that the issues can be discussed during the elections. The CM gave them time; we were there for half an hour, but nothing happened.”

Swati Maliwal News Live: Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi minister, speaking about their party's protest in the national capital against the Bharatiya Janata Party, said, “BJP and PM Modi are scared of Arvind Kejriwal. That is why they are arresting our leaders one by one. Arvind Kejriwal asked him to arrest all of our leaders, but he did not. PM Modi was defeated.”

Swati Maliwal News Live: On Sunday, the Delhi Police detained individuals protesting against the AAP, who were scheduled for a 'Jail Bharo' march towards the BJP headquarters. The protesters, wearing black caps inscribed with ‘Aajan Aadmi Party,’ were rounded up and taken away in police vehicles.

This political confrontation followed the arrest of a former aide to CM Kejriwal in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.

Earlier on Friday, the AAP announced a ‘Jail Bharo’ march to the BJP headquarters in the national capital to protest what they claimed were arbitrary arrests of their leaders at the behest of the Centre.

Swati Maliwal News Live: Speaking about the Aam Aadmi Party's protest march towards the BJP headquarters in the national capital, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha assured that the 'entire INDIA bloc is with them.' He further mentioned that the protest is because AAP is asking why the BJP is arresting their leaders one by one instead of 'arresting all of them at once.'

Swati Maliwal News Live: In an attack on the BJP, AAP leader Jasmine Shah said that their party is ‘not allowed to peacefully protest,’ while BJP leaders have permission to ‘loot, rob, and do corruption.’ He further said that the Delhi Police and all the other agencies are the ‘same,’ stressing that AAP is against ‘dictatorship.’

Shah was part of the AAP's protest march towards the BJP headquarters in the national capital.

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Swati Maliwal News Live: In the alleged assault case of AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, Delhi Police seized a CCTV DVR from the residence of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi Police on Saturday arrested Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in this case and Tis Hazari court sent him to police custody for five days.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, May 19, alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party has started 'Operation Jhaadu' to crush the Aam Aadmi Party since it is rising too fast. Jhaadu or broom is the party symbol of the AAP. Read More

" ...The way Swati Maliwal, a woman MP was called to his (Arvind Kejriwal) house and was beaten up, he has no answer to this. I only want to ask one question to him, why are you silent on Swati Maliwal?...no matter what he says, from inside, he himself knows that he is responsible for what happened at his home...", says BJP chief Virendraa Sachdeva.

A team of Delhi Police including Additional DCP Anjitha Chepyala, SHO Civil Lines arrives at the residence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the AAP MP Swati Maliwal assault case.

Delhi Police yesterday arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in this case.

Delhi Police stopped AAP's march to BJP HQ in Delhi. Section 144 has been imposed in the premises.

"Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are putting all the Aam Aadmi Party leaders in jail one by one, why? Because they are afraid of Arvind Kejriwal's work. They are not able to provide 24-hour electricity, free electricity, good schools, that is why they want to finish Aam Aadmi Party..." Atishi said.

“They (BJP) are arresting our leaders one by one. Delhi CM says that we are coming with all our leaders so that you can arrest every leader at once. BJP office has become a police station and Modi has become the in-charge of it. Their situation now is that they are doubting if they will be able to get even 150 seats,” says AAP MLA Rajesh Rishi.

Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal along with party leaders has left the party office in Delhi.

AAP will hold a protest outside BJP HQ against the arrest of its party leaders.

"The road has offices of many political parties and important government installations and hence we have imposed Section 144. We have made adequate arrangements, multi-level barricading and we will ensure proper maintenance of law and order. They (AAP) didn't seek permission, such kind of permissions are not given. Election is going on, the codes are in place."

“BJP is trying to completely destroy Aam Aadmi Party. They have initiated an operation with the name ‘Operation Jhadu’. A lot of people who know them, know me as well; and they told me that PM Modi says that AAP is growing and their (AAP) work is being discussed in the entire world. In the coming days, AAP can become a tough challenger to BJP in several states. Therefore, they want to destroy us.”

AAP leaders are set to take out march towards BJP HQ shortly.

At the meeting in Delhi, CM Kejriwal attacked BJP of propagating hatred and arresting AAP leaders unnecessarily.

"Dictatorship is going on in the entire country. BJP wants to finish AAP. Our leaders have been arrested continuously. They are now planning to arrest the remaining leaders. Arvind Kejriwal's PA was arrested. Now they want to arrest Raghav Chadha, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj. Today, under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal, we will conduct a protest march to BJP headquarters. We will ask them to arrest all of us."

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has arrived at the party office in Delhi ahead of party's protest march towards BJP HQ.

Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha arrived at the party office in Delhi today. AAP will hold a protest outside BJP HQ today against the arrest of its party leaders today.

AAP workers were being detained by police after they tried to march towards the BJP headquarters to protest against the arrest of party leaders.