New Delhi:
BJP women’s wing workers, who were protesting against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the New Delhi railway station, on Thursday mobbed and chased the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief as he arrived to board a train for Punjab. The Delhi BJP women wing members demanded a statement from Kejriwal on the misconduct of his MLAs. They also demanded the expulsion of Ashutosh from AAP.
The BJP supporters also chanted 'Kejriwal hai hai', 'Kejriwal istifa do'. Kejriwal is scheduled to hold meetings in Ludhiana with the candidates for the 2017 Punjab Assembly election.
Delhi BJP women wing protest against Delhi CM, demand he speak on misconduct of his MLAs & expel Ashutosh from AAP pic.twitter.com/ReacRsami3
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Arvind Kejriwal had recently sacked Sandeep Kumar, who held the Women and Child Welfare and Social Welfare portfolios, from the council of ministers after a sex scandal involving the latter rocked AAP. Kejriwal had received a nine-minute-long CD in which Kumar was allegedly seen in a compromising position with a woman.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Delhi Police had expressed its inability to provide security to Kejriwal during his five-day visit to Punjab, saying it “does not have jurisdiction over that stateâ€.
“We have not refused him security. He is leaving Delhi for Punjab for five days. As per the security norms, if he travels by train or car, we are supposed to drop him at the first destination in that state and thereafter, the state police takes over,†said a senior Delhi Police official.
The rules have been followed. Any VIP going to any other state is not provided “all components of securityâ€, said the officer, adding that security is a matter of law and order which is a state subject.
“He was given security during previous trips as we had no time to write to the state police concerned and also because they were short visits. This is a long visit and we cannot keep any component with him for that long,†the officer said.
A Delhi government source said: “In the past, the Delhi Police provided a security personnel to Kejriwal outside Delhi. But now, a letter from DCP (security) has informed that he cannot be given security during his Punjab visit.â€
