BJP workers vandalise Kejriwal's residence over Kashmir Files row

BJP workers clashed with the police outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, while protesting against Kejriwal’s comments on The Kashmir Files movie.

BJP leaders have accused Kejriwal of mocking the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus in his speech in Delhi Assembly.

Several senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders have accused the Delhi police of facilitating vandalism and violence by allowing BJP leaders and workers to reach the Chief Minister’s house.

Videos show a large group of people carrying BJP flags and placards protesting against “insult” to Kashmiri Pandits, clashing with the police at the barricade placed outside the Chief Minister’s residence. Many of them could be seen attempting to jump through the security cordon.

“Anti-social elements have broken CCTV cameras and security barriers by attacking Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwalji’s house in Delhi. The boom barrier on the gate has also been broken,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Twitter.

Sisodia further claimed that “BJP goons vandalized” the CM’s house. “Instead of stopping them, the BJP police brought them to the door of the house,” he said in another tweet.

बीजेपी के गुंडे CM @ArvindKejriwal जी के घर पर तोड़फोड़ करते रहे. बीजेपी की पुलिस उन्हें रोकने की जगह उन्हें घर के दरवाज़े तक लेकर आई. https://t.co/oSFc2kWaDC

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) March 30, 2022

The police have said that around 150-200 protestors of BJP Yuva Morcha reached the CM’s residence around 11:30 am to protest against Kejriwal. The police said that they “immediately” removed the protestors from the spot and also detained around 70 people.

“At around 1 pm, some of the protestors breached two barricades and reached outside CM House, where they created ruckus, shouted slogans etc. They were carrying a small box of paint from which they threw paint outside the door. In the imbroglio, a boom barrier arm is also found vandalised as also a CCTV camera,” a release from the police said.

Responding to Delhi BJP legislators’ demand to declare the movie The Kashmir Files tax-free in the national capital, Kejriwal had said that it should be put up for free on YouTube.

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“They are saying make The Kashmir Files tax-free. Well, put it on YouTube it will be free,” said Kejriwal, amid laughter in the Delhi Assembly.

“Why are you asking us to make it tax-free. If you are so keen, ask Vivek Agnihotri to put it on YouTube, it will all be free. Everyone will be able to see it in a day. Where is the need to make it tax-free?” Kejriwal added.

The movie, which stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, and Darshan Kumaar in lead roles, is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the Kashmir valley during the height of militancy.