New Delhi/Chandigarh, May 7
The controversy surrounding BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga’s dramatic arrest by the Punjab Police and subsequent release played out in courts and in the political arena on Saturday, as a fresh non-bailable warrant was issued against him and the slugfest between the AAP and the BJP escalated into protests and name-calling.
Back home in the early hours of Saturday, Bagga, surrounded by family members and friends at his Janakpuri residence, tore into the Aam Aadmi Party and its chief Arvind Kejriwal over his arrest, accusing him of pursuing political vendetta through police in Punjab.
“No matter one or 100 FIRs are registered against me. I will keep raising issues of dishonouring of the Guru Granth Sahib and Kejriwal’s insult to Kashmiri Pandits,” he said.
“They (the AAP) are attacking me because I am raising my voice against the AAP and its chief Kejriwal,” he said.
BJP leaders also protested outside the residence of the Delhi Chief Minister, calling him a “dictator”.
The AAP accused the BJP and its governments of protecting its “goon” who incited riots in Punjab.
Bagga’s arrest in the case filed by AAP leader Sunny Ahluwalia at Mohali on April 1 witnessed the Punjab Police pitted against their counterparts from Haryana and Delhi.
