AAP MLA and former Delhi minister Rakhi Birla on Monday alleged that she was attacked by a BJP councillor who tried to disrupt a meeting she was holding in her constituency.
She also alleged that party volunteers, who were accompanying her, were assaulted by Sanjana Singh, the BJP councillor from Rohini South of North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
According to Birla, who served as a minister of women and child development in the 49-day AAP
government, the incident occurred at around 12.15 pm when she was taking a round of the area, which falls under her Mangolpuri constituency. Singh allegedly attacked her and supporters while she was interacting with sanitation workers.
‘Sanjana kept on arguing on what I was doing in her ward. Later, she along with her husband attacked us. One of our party volunteers, Ram Pratap Goyal was also injured in the assault and had to be admitted in the Ambedkar Hospital,’ Birla told over the phone.
Meanwhile the BJP councillor countered her allegation and termed them as baseless. ‘We were undertaking cleanliness drive in our area when Birla, and some AAP volunteers reached my ward and started disturbing us. When we tried to stop them, they attacked us. I have also suffered injuries on my hand,’ Singh said.
She also alleged that party volunteers, who were accompanying her, were assaulted by Sanjana Singh, the BJP councillor from Rohini South of North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
According to Birla, who served as a minister of women and child development in the 49-day AAP
government, the incident occurred at around 12.15 pm when she was taking a round of the area, which falls under her Mangolpuri constituency. Singh allegedly attacked her and supporters while she was interacting with sanitation workers.
‘Sanjana kept on arguing on what I was doing in her ward. Later, she along with her husband attacked us. One of our party volunteers, Ram Pratap Goyal was also injured in the assault and had to be admitted in the Ambedkar Hospital,’ Birla told over the phone.
Meanwhile the BJP councillor countered her allegation and termed them as baseless. ‘We were undertaking cleanliness drive in our area when Birla, and some AAP volunteers reached my ward and started disturbing us. When we tried to stop them, they attacked us. I have also suffered injuries on my hand,’ Singh said.