AAP condemns attack on CM, questions culture of violence

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has strongly condemned the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, declaring that violence has no place in a democracy. The AAP has expressed confidence that Delhi Police would act against the culprits, while urging all parties to unequivocally reject violence.

AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal strongly condemned the attack on CM Gupta.

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He took to X and wrote: “The attack on Delhi’s Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is highly condemnable. In a democratic system, differences of opinion and opposition are acceptable, but there can be no place for violence. I am confident that the Delhi Police will take appropriate action. I hope the Chief Minister is completely safe and healthy.”

In a video statement, AAP Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “Today, news is coming in that Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked, someone tried to slap her. This is absolutely condemnable. Any form of violence has no place in our society, and Mahatma Gandhi taught us this a hundred years ago. The question is—which parties and which ideologies are promoting violence in the country and in society? Who is patronising violence, encouraging it, legitimising it?”

He further stated, “Violence is not limited to an attack on a Chief Minister. When SSC aspirants and teachers demand their rights, the police’s brutality against them is also violence. Farmers sat for months under scorching sunlight, rain, and cold to demand their rights, and the police mercilessly beat them—their heads were broken, they were dragged into the streets. That too is violence. The way police often behave with our citizens is also violence. They do not have the right to punish; that right belongs only to the courts. That too is violence.”