BJP to approach ECI alleging AAP 'conspiracy' on Shaheen Bagh, says Meenakshi Lekhi to LS

BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi squarely put blame on Aam Aadmi Party for Shaheen Bagh protest and recent incidents of violence re and said her party will take matter to Election Commission of India amid campaigning for Delhi Assembly elections. Speaking in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Lekhi demanded AAP include expenses on Shaheen Bagh on poll records that are submitted to poll body.

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"re was an attempt to malign government. w we kw that it was ne or than an AAP member who was involved in firing at Shaheen Bagh. It is a conspiracy by AAP to defame government in front of world. This is a sponsored strategy keeping in mind  Delhi election," Meenakshi Lekhi charged, inviting chants of "shame" from fellow BJP MPs in House.

Lekhi added, "We have asked election commission to include such expenses in AAP's poll spending record. deputy CM (Manish Sisodia) has himself admitted that y support Shaheen Bagh protesters."

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Jasola shooting takes a new turn

On day when Union Budget was presented, a man named Kapil Gujjar was arrested by Delhi police for opening aerial fire in Jasola area near Shaheen Bagh last week. case took a different turn on Tuesday as police recovered some photos which showed that Gujjar and his far had joined AAP in 2019. Moreover, photos also allegedly featured AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Atishi.

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BJP on Shaheen Bagh 

BJP has persistently held Opposition parties – Congress and AAP – responsible for road blockade at Shaheen Bagh. Prime Minister Modi on Monday claimed that protests were t a coincidence, but a political experiment against national harmony, while addressing a rally in Delhi's Karkardooma area. Slamming AAP and Congress for politicising protests, he claimed that protests would have stopped after government assurances. 

Over 50 days on, women have been at forefront of sit-in protest, ever since mid-December, at Shaheen Bagh area to oppose contentious Citizenship Amended Act (CAA) and proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). y have occupied  stretch of area. 

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