'Attack' on Kejriwal: Atishi claims BJP Wants To Harm ex-CM

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday alleged that the BJP is trying to get Arvind Kejriwal killed by attacking him and sending criminals after him, a charge dismissed by the Opposition party as a gimmick to create a ground to justify the AAP's imminent defeat.

The alleged stone attack on Kejriwal's car in the New Delhi constituency on Saturday has turned into the latest flashpoint between the AAP and the BJP in the run-up to the Assembly elections, with both parties accusing each other of spreading lies. The Delhi Police denied that there was an attack on Kejriwal's vehicle.

Dismissing AAP allegations, the BJP accused Kejriwal of injuring two youngsters with his car while they were posing questions to him about Delhi's development on Saturday in the Gole Market area. During a press conference on Sunday, BJP candidate from New Delhi seat Parvesh Verma played four separate videos to demonstrate that there was no attack on Kejriwal in Gole Market even as the AAP stuck to its stand that a stone was thrown at the former CM's vehicle.

Parvesh Verma said, "If Kejriwal labels those questioning him as BJP goons or members of his (Parvesh's) family, then the 1,09,000 voters in the New Delhi Assembly constituency are like his family members."

CM Atishi on Sunday shared photos and names of three persons who, she claimed, were criminals facing cases of heinous crimes and were present when the attempt on Kejriwal's life was made in Gole Market.