Gujarat BJP hits out at Kejriwal on Dalit atrocity issue

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad
Last Updated : Jul 22 2016 | 10:48 PM IST
Gujarat BJP today hit out at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over his allegation that state government colluded with culprits in the Una Dalit atrocity case, saying by this logic AAP should be held responsible for the act of its MP Bhagwant Mann.
Kejriwal met the Una atrocity victims today.
"Kejriwal has shown his total lack of understanding of the issue by saying that BJP government colluded in the Dalit atrocity case. No government can even think of collusion in such a barbaric act," state BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya said.
"If this standard is applied, then are all the incidents happening in Delhi have collusion of his government?" Pandya asked.
"Did the suicide of AAP woman worker Soni Mishra due to alleged harassment by party workers took place in collusion with Kejriwal government?... Was the act of their MP Bhagwant Mann, who released a video of Parliament on Facebook, in collusion with Kejriwal government?" he said.
Kejriwal's attempt to garner personal and political mileage out of the unfortunate incident of flogging of Dalit youths was discredited when he first met a person accused of killing a policeman during the protest, and later the family members of the deceased policeman, Pandya said.
"We would request the Congress and people like Kejriwal not to disturb social fabric of Gujarat," he said.

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First Published: Jul 22 2016 | 10:48 PM IST