‘We Protested To Protect Nirbhaya, Now They Are Protesting To Save An Accused’, Swati Maliwal On AAP Protest At BJP HQ

Delhi CM and other key AAP leaders are protesting at the BJP HQ against the arrest of Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal Assault Case. Now, the AAP Rajya Sabha MP (Swati Maliwal) has reacted to this protest with a reference to Nirbaya...

New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 5 on May 20, a major political incident that has grabbed everyone’s attention is the allegation of assault by AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Personal Assistant Bibhav Kumar, at the Delhi CM Residence. Amid the ongoing case, Bibhav Kumar has been arrested by the Delhi Police and has been sent to a five-day custody till May 23, and following that, Delhi CM has announced a major protest at the BJP Headquarters in Delhi, along with other key leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Reacting to this protest, Swati Maliwal has made a reference to ‘Nirbhaya’ and has said how times have changed – once, she, with AAP protesting to protect Nirbhaya and now, AAP is protesting against her, to protect an accused.

Swati Maliwal Reacts To AAP Protest At BJP HQ

Even as AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the party’s top leaders gear up for staging a protest at the BJP Headquarters in Delhi on Sunday, AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has lashed out at the party’s leadership. In a video message, Delhi CM, while announcing the protest, said that the Prime Minister may arrest all the AAP leaders at once, instead of doing it one-by-one, hinting at Bibhav Kumar’s arrest by Delhi Police.

‘There Was A Time When We Came Out To Get Justice For Nirbhaya And Today…’

In a post on X, the Rajya Sabha MP said that at one time the AAP had led the protests in the wake of the rape of Nirbhaya and now the party was protesting the arrest of someone accused of assault on a woman. “There was a time when we all came out on the streets to get justice for Nirbhaya. Today, after 12 years, we are out on the streets to save the accused who made the CCTV footage disappear and formatted the phone. I wish they had used this much force for Manish Sisodia ji. If he had been here, maybe this bad thing wouldn’t have happened to me,” she said in her post.

Swati Maliwal Had Accused Bibhav Kumar Of Deleting CCTV Footage

Earlier, Maliwal had accused Delhi CM aide Bibhav Kumar of deleting the CCTV footage from the Chief Minister’s house that would prove her claim of being assaulted. “First Bibhav beat me brutally. He slapped and kicked me. When I freed myself and called 112, he went outside called security and started making a video. I was screaming and telling the security that Bibhav had beaten me brutally. That entire long part of the video was edited. Only 50 seconds were released when I was fed up with explaining to the security guys. Now they formatted the phone and deleted the entire video? CCTV footage is also missing! Even conspiracy has its limits,” she alleged.

Keeping in mind the protest being staged at the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters today, a Delhi Traffic Advisory has been issued and according to the latest Delhi Metro Update, the entry and exit gate of the ITO Metro Station has been closed until further notice.

(Inputs from ANI)