Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s personal assistant, Bibhav Kumar, who “misbehaved” with AAP MP Swati Maliwal recently, was seen accompanying the AAP supremo at Lucknow airport late on Wednesday night.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh also accompanied Kejriwal in Lucknow for a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Citing Sanjay Singh’s statement from a few days ago that Bibhav Kumar “misbehaved” with Maliwal and Kejriwal has directed stern action on the matter, BJP leader Tajinder Bagga wrote on X, “Sanjay Singh ji was saying that you will take strict action against Bibhav but you started making him tour the whole country.”
Earlier on Monday, AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP, Swati Maliwal, alleged that a member of Arvind Kejriwal’s personal staff “assaulted’ her at the Chief Minister’s official residence.
Later, the police said they had not received a formal complaint from Maliwal in this regard. They said they had received a PCR call at around 9.34 am from a woman, claiming to be Swati Maliwal, who said she had been assaulted at the Delhi CM’s residence.
Then on Tuesday, recently released on bail, Sanjay Singh, had at a press conference said that Bibhav Kumar had “misbehaved” with Swati Maliwal at Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence and that the chief minister would take strict action in the matter. The statement had come a day after Swati Maliwal had made a police call from the CM’s residence and also went to the Civil Lines police station.
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On Wednesday, Singh met Maliwal, even as the BJP sharpened its attack on the AAP supremo, asking him to come clean and demanding action against the guilty.
Aam Aadmi Party leaders have refused to give details about Sanjay Singh’s meeting with the former DCW chief, who remained incommunicado. T
Meanwhile, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also slammed Kejriwal while sharing a picture of Bibhav Kumar with Arvind Kejriwal on social media platform X.
“72 hours. No FIR on Bibhav Kumar instead Kejriwal is protecting him ! Roaming around with him.. It is clear- attack on Swati Maliwal was done at behest of Kejriwal himself. Sheesh Mahal is Apradh Mahal & just like Draupadi cheerharan – a woman Rajya Sabha MP was subjected to violence , assault Now she is being pressured to keep Silent or change her story as is evident from statements of Naveen Jaihind & Nitin Tyagi of AAP hence she hasn’t approached the police yet. True face of AAP – Anti women anarchist party,” Shehzad Poonawalla said.