Delhi BJP MLA OP Sharma, who is at the centre of a controversy in connection with the violence in Patiala House court complex, on Tuesday had claimed a group of people had hit him and that his action as “natural”.
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The BJP MLA maintained that the person hit him on his head and started running away.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) condemned the attack and demanded strict action against the Bharatiya Janata Party leader.
“Ab tak media trial chal raha thaa, studio mei decide baeth kar apna judgement de rahe thhe”, stated OP Sharma.
Sharma told ANI that he would visit the Tilak Marg Police Station at 11 a.m. Sharma kicked him even as the student fell on the road.
“Going by his account, I don’t think he did anything wrong”. “The saffron party wants to muzzle the voices of the students if they say anything against the BJP ideology”, said Bains while adding that the AAP would not let such elements spoil the temples of learning.
Earlier, Sharma was embroiled in a controversy for allegedly passing derogatory remarks on AAP legislator from Chandni Chowk, Alka Lamba.
Investigators said Sharma was questioned about the circumstances which led him to assault Jamai.
“Earlier on August 9, he planned an attack on me when I was conducting an anti-drug campaign near Kashmere Gate Inter-State Bus Terminal. I will fully cooperate with Delhi police in the investigation”, he said.
“Today’s (Monday) act exposed his mentality”.
BJP MLA OP Sharma had defended attacking a man saying those raising anti-India slogans would not be spared.
“He should not walk free just because BJP is in power”, she added.
The AAP leader also accused BJP and RSS of “tarnishing” the image of JNU.
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After he was released on bail, the lawmaker referring to “anti-national” slogans raised at the JNU campus said, “In the country, people who stop others from screaming “Pakistan Zindabad”, if they have to go through this, it is shameful”.
