New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Matiala assembly constituency Gulab Singh Yadav was thrashed allegedly by his party workers on Monday, purportedly for selling Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections tickets, claimed the BJP.
The purported video of the said incident was shared by several BJP leaders on their social media handles including Sambit Patra.
मटियाला विधानसभा से AAP के विधायक गुलाब सिंह यादव द्वारा टिकट बेचने पर नाराज AAP के ही कार्यकर्ताओं के द्वारा उनकी पिटाई की यह वीडियो देख…
कहीं अरविंद केजरीवाल जी की भी यादाश्त ना चली जाए, क्योंकि इन सभी भ्रष्टाचारियों के KINGPIN तो अरविंद केजरीवाल ही हैं। pic.twitter.com/GEmo9CqJn4
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) November 21, 2022
In a video, which was widely circulated on social media, the AAP MLA was in the midst of a heated argument with a group of party workers.
After which he was manhandled and hounded out of the office. He was later pursued by the attackers and took refuge inside the police station.
Delhi BJP while sharing the video on Twitter claimed that Yadav was thrashed by AAP workers on the charge of selling tickets.
“AAP MLA was beaten up! Aam Aadmi Party MLA Gulab Singh Yadav was thrashed by AAP workers on the charge of selling tickets. Kejriwal ji, this is how the turn of all the corrupt MLAs of AAP will come,” Delhi BJP tweeted in Hindi.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also took a dig and said AAP’s corruption is such that even their members are not sparing their MLAs.
“Unprecedented scenes from the party that indulged in the theatrical drama of ‘honest politics’. Such is AAP’s corruption that even their members are not sparing their MLAs! A similar outcome awaits them in upcoming MCD polls,” he said.
BJP Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta termed the AAP as a “government of thugs”.
“In the last 8 years, along with the people of Delhi, they did not back down from deceiving their workers as well. MLA from Matiala was thrashed by AAP workers for selling tickets! This is a government of thugs, which does not spare even its workers, then how will it spare the common people,” said Gupta.
Meanwhile, AAP MLA from the Matiala assembly constituency refuted the claim made by the BJP and insinuated that the attack was arranged by area BJP leaders.
“The BJP has gone berserk. It is making baseless allegations of selling tickets. I am at Chhawla police station now. I have seen the BJP’s corporator and BJP’s candidate from this ward present in the police station to save those people (attackers). What can be a bigger proof than this? The media is present here, must ask the BJP,” Gulab Singh Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi.