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Cong woman wing protests outside AAP office

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Members of woman wing of the Congress today staged a protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party headquarters here over the controversy surrounding sacked cabinet minister Sandeep Kumar.

They raised slogans against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his party and the AAP government.

"The party which claimed high moral standards has been exposed, with three cabinet ministers sacked for corruption, fake degree and sex scandal, and another six MLAs faced charges of atrocities against woman," the All India Mahila Congress said in a statement.

All India Mahila Congress president Shobha Oza, Delhi Mahila Congress President Barkha Singh, spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee were among the members who staged the demonstrated, it said.
 

Meanwhile, a group of 15-20 women, sporting black headbands raised slogans against Kejriwal on the premises of Talkatora Stadium, where he had come to attend a programme.

They also raised slogans like 'Kejriwal istifa do' (Kejriwal should resign).

When asked, one of the members claimed she was part of an NGO, but refused to name it.

Kejriwal had come to address a huge gathering of labourers, Delhi Transport Corporation drivers and conductors, sanitation workers and security personnel, at a 'Shramik Samvad' (dialogue with workers) at the stadium.

Kumar, who held the Women and Child Welfare and Social Welfare portfolios, was sacked from the council of ministers yesterday by Kejriwal after he received a nine-minute-long CD in which Kumar was purportedly shown in a compromising position with a woman.

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First Published: Sep 02 2016 | 12:57 AM IST

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