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New Delhi: Congress’s (Congress) Lok Sabha candidate from North East Delhi Kanhaiya Kumar was attacked by seven to eight people and black ink was thrown on him during his election campaign in the national capital.
The video of the assault in New Usmanpur area of East Delhi on Friday has now gone viral. Two of the alleged attackers have also released a video claiming that they had beaten up the Congress leader and said that they did so because he had raised slogans to break the country and had spoken against the Indian Army.
Kanhaiya Kumar attacked during election campaign in Kartar Nagar of East Delhi’s Usmanpur police station area, youth slapped him after he came to garland him
In a complaint, AAP councillor from Brahmapuri, Chhaya Gaurav Sharma, said that she and Kanhaiya Kumar were coming out of the party’s office in Kartar Nagar when seven to eight people garlanded Kanhaiya Kumar, threw ink on him and then beat him up. She said that three to four women were also injured and a woman journalist fell into the drain.
When Chhaya Sharma tried to intervene, they also misbehaved with her and threatened her. Delhi Police officials confirmed that they have received Sharma’s complaint. They said that they are verifying the video and investigation has started.
It is worth noting that voting for the Lok Sabha elections is to be held in Delhi on May 25. There are seven Lok Sabha seats here. BJP is contesting on all seven seats, while there is an alliance between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party is contesting on four seats and Congress on three seats. One of these three seats is from North East Delhi, from where Kanhaiya Kumar is in the fray.
Kanhaiya is pitted against BJP MP Manoj Tiwari here. This seat is the most discussed. After Kanhaiya Kumar was made the candidate, many leaders including Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Arvind Singh Lovely have resigned from their posts and the party. Lovely had joined the BJP after resigning from the Congress.
