AAP trains guns at BJP; supports traders, CK Sharma

“This is a pseudo-nationalist government. On one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails the grit and valour of Armymen guarding our country in extreme cold in Siachen and on the other hand a 75-year-old IAF veteran is treated like a goon by the police in a BJP-ruled state,” senior AAP leader Ashutosh alleged.

“I smell a political conspiracy. We condemn this action and appeal to the Prime Minister, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and the Haryana government to take cognisance of this matter and address it,” he said.

At a press conference at AAP headquarters here, Ashutosh and another party leader Sanjay Singh also alleged that Sharma’s family was “misbehaved” with by the police when they went to arrest him in Gurgaon, a charge denied by it.

The three accused — Sharma, Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh and Group Capt (Retd) V K Gandhi — had recently moved a local court for anticipatory bail but their plea was rejected.

Ashutosh claimed that after the complaint was lodged “an application was made by the trio in 2013 and a probe was done.

“Now, suddenly they are raking the matter up again. We condemn the way a veteran has been treated, as if he was a goon.” 

The two AAP leaders attacked the Modi government over the Vijay Mallya issue, saying, “He defaults Rs 9,000 crore and is allowed to escape. He goes to Parliament and then flies to London. How can it happen without the connivance of the government?” 

AAP also alleged that a state minister in NDA cabinet “had defaulted a few thousand crores through his three companies.” 

“So, we demand a clarification from the Centre on this,” Ashutosh said.