AFTER INK ATTACK, SOMNATH BHARTI ARRESTED FOR OBJECTIONABLE COMMENTS
LUCKNOW: An ink attack was made on Aam Aadmi Party MLA from New Delhi Somnath Bharti in Rae Bareli on Monday for allegedly making objectionable remarks against women of Uttar Pradesh and chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Bharti was later arrested on charges of promoting enmity between groups, police said.
The AAP MLA had reached Rae Bareli on Sunday night and on Monday morning, when he tried to leave the guest house to inspect government-run primary schools, cops stopped him.
Bharti then entered into a heated argument with the policemen. It was then that a youth hurled black ink at him. Bharti also had a heated exchange of words with the youth. Thereafter, cops detained Bharti at the guest house.
LUCKNOW: An ink attack was made on Aam Aadmi Party MLA from New Delhi Somnath Bharti in Rae Bareli on Monday for allegedly making objectionable remarks against women of Uttar Pradesh and chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Bharti was later arrested on charges of promoting enmity between groups, police said.
The AAP MLA had reached Rae Bareli on Sunday night and on Monday morning, when he tried to leave the guest house to inspect government-run primary schools, cops stopped him.
Bharti then entered into a heated argument with the policemen. It was then that a youth hurled black ink at him. Bharti also had a heated exchange of words with the youth. Thereafter, cops detained Bharti at the guest house.
Recently, the AAP MLA had made objectionable comments on condition of hospitals in UP. According to a video link, the AAP MLA allegedly said in Hindi, “Children are being born in hospitals, but they are of dogs.” Shortly after ink was hurled at him, Bharti also retweeted a video clip in which he is heard using objectionable words for Yogi Adityanath, while talking about “atrocities on women” in the state. According to Rae Bareli police, Bharti was arrested on the basis of a complaint by BJP worker Somnath Sahu over his alleged remarks last week against women of UP.
According to Daya Ram, ASP, Rae Bareli, a case was registered against Bharti under section 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) of the IPC.
Reacting to the development, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said: “Yogiji, our MLA Somnath Bharti ji was going to see your government school. Ink was thrown on him? Are your schools so bad? If someone goes to see your school then why do you get so scared? Fix the school. If you do not know how to do, then ask Manish Sisodia,” he tweeted. UP finance minister Suresh Khanna said: “AAP wants to experiment Naxal politics in UP. But it (AAP) will not succeed.”
“Kejriwal must apologise for Bharti’s statement,” said Khanna.