BJP must apologise for attack on Agarwal community, says Kejriwal

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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party apologise for its referring to the Agarwal community as 'boisterous', adding that his rival political organisation in the upcoming Delhi assembly polls had crossed a line with its latest attack.

"For the past few days, the BJP has taken out advertisements in which I have been personally attacked. First, they attacked my children via their ads, but I kept quiet. I have never risen to the bait if I was attacked. However, today, the BJP's ad in the newspaper has crossed a line. They have referred to the entire Agarwal community as 'updravi' (boisterous), they have said that I am from an updravi gotra," Kejriwal told the media.

"The BJP's fight is with me. They can say what they wish about me. Why would they attack my entire community? They must apologise to the entire community," he added.

Kejriwal further confirmed that his party will file a complaint with the Election Commission against the BJP for his attack.

"We are going to file a complaint with the Election Commission because the BJP has lowered itself to attacking on the basis of gotra. The people of Delhi will not stand for this sort of dirty politics," he said.

Earlier on Saturday, the BJP had put up a newspaper advertisement targeting the Aam Aadmi Party and its chief. The ad portrays a caricature of Kejriwal, who swears on his children that he would never join hands with the Congress.

The ad also reportedly refers to him belonging to a 'boisterous' gotra.

This act by the BJP was criticized by various political parties. However, the party has gone silent on the matter.