Tajinder Bagga arrest: Delhi BJP stages protest, calls Kejriwal dictator

Condemning the arrest of its leader Tajinder Singh Bagga by the Punjab Police here, the saffron party on Saturday staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence and called him “a dictator”.

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta also alleged that with Baggas arrest, it was clear that the Aam Aadmi Partys national convener had “misused” the Punjab Police for personal benefit.

“Kejriwal is a dictator. What was Baggas crime? He just asked for Kejriwals clarification on his remarks on (The) Kashmir Files. He was not allowed to wear a turban during the arrest,” Gupta said, adding that the BJP will “not tolerate the insult to the turban”.

On Friday, the Punjab Police arrested Bagga from his residence in Delhis Janakpuri, but the city police brought him back to the capital from Haryana, saying its Punjab counterpart did not inform it about the arrest.

The city police also registered a case of kidnapping based on a complaint by Baggas father Pritpal Singh Bagga, who alleged that “some people” came over to his house at around 8 am and took his son away.

Bagga, also the national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, was held in connection with a case registered against him in Mohali last month.

After bringing him back to the capital, he was produced before a magistrate late on Friday.

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