Deccan Chronicle

AAP warns on ‘violent’ plans at Shaheen Bagh

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New Delhi, Feb. 1: AAP on Saturday asked the Election Commission to direct the police chief and other agencies to take appropriat­e measures to prevent unrest and violence planned by “certain political parties” in the city to sabotage the Delhi elections.

In a letter to chief election commission­er Sunil Arora, the Aam Aadmi Party said it has come to know through its sources that certain “anti-social elements in connivance with certain political parties” are planning to create unrest and violence on Sunday to subvert law and order in Delhi and to impede the conduct of free and fair election.

“We have attached a video wherein a group can be seen giving a call to assemble near Sarita Vihar in large numbers. We have attached the picture of one of such hoarding being put in some parts of Delhi,” the letter said.

“In the light of these, we apprehend that this may be a well planned conspiracy to sabotage the Delhi Legislativ­e Assembly elections

2020,” it said in the letter.

The AAP urged the EC to act immediatel­y and direct the commission­er of police and other agencies to investigat­e and take appropriat­e measures to pre-empt any such criminal act.

The AAP claimed that the BJP is planning a “big disturbanc­e” on February 2 at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Millia Islamia, where anti-CAA protests are underway and urged the Election Commission to take cognisance.

Elections in Delhi will be held on February 8 and results will be declared on February 11.

THE AAP, in a letter to the EC, said it has come to know through its sources that certain “anti-social elements in connivance with certain political parties” are planning to create unrest to subvert law and order in Delhi and to impede the conduct of free and fair election.

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