Oppn Leaders Condemn Attack on Arvind Kejriwal, Say at No Point Should Physical Violence be Used

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, Delhi CM and Aam Admi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during his roadshow in Delhi’s Moti Nagar on Saturday. Several AAP leaders claimed that BJP was behind the incident. Multiple opposition party leaders also tweeted to condemn the “attack”.

Telugu Desam Party chief and Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu denounced the "dastardly act" and held the Delhi Police responsible for allowing the incident to take place. "After trying to defeat him, demoralize him, degrade him, destabilize him, dethrone him, and destroy his party, the forces that have destroyed institutions, derailed federal principles are now attempting to physically attack Arvind Kejriwal," he said.

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, in his response, said that at no point should physical violence be used as an alternative to political dialogue.

In a Twitter post, he wrote, “Shocking. Unacceptable to use physical violence to make a political point”.

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O’Brien also came out with a scathing remark directed at the BJP in which he said that the act only goes to prove the saffron party's defeat in Delhi.

“They are desperately creating incidents to try and find ‘game-changer’….Modi is OUT,” he said while referring to a separate controversy around a "doctored" video of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.

Former BJP leader and a vocal critic of the Modi government, Yashwant Sinha, also didn’t mince his words when condemning the “cowardly attack” on the Delhi CM.

Meanwhile, the AAP which is holding the saffron party responsible said that it is not just “an attack on Arvind Kejriwal” but one “on Delhi and its mandate”.

Police have arrested the man who slapped Kejriwal and an investigation is now underway.