BJP And AAP Take Election Fight To The Streets

BJP And AAP Take Election Fight To The Streets

2014 Lok Sabha election campaign just got

dirtier and murkier. There has been a series of confrontations and

violent clashes in the past two days between the agitated workers of

Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Arvind
Kejriwal, who is on a four-day election tour of Gujarat, was booked for
violating the election code of conduct. The Election Commission said
that Kejriwal violated the code of conduct by not taking police
permission for his road-show. Also, an FIR was filed against the AAP
leader after he used loudspeakers and microphones without due
permission. AAP has complained to the Election Commission that it is
being targeted by the BJP in Gujarat.

Kejriwal

was detained briefly by the Gujarat police, which triggered street
battles in Delhi and Lucknow. AAP party workers gathered at BJP offices
to protest. Video footages showed the BJP and AAP party workers using
stones, chairs and lathis to attack each other.

Prominent

AAP leaders like Ashutosh and Shazia Ilmi were booked for rioting and
14 AAP workers were arrested. The police has blamed AAP for instigating
violence, an accusation that the party has rejected.