Troubled Sunday: As AAP defends Khan, Somnath Bharti is booked

Putting up a brave face, the AAP today said it will not accept the resignation of its MLA Amanatullah Khan as the sexual harassment charges against him are his "family matter", on a day its legislator Somath Bharti was booked for damaging AIIMS' property.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a press conference defended Okhla legislator Khan and rejected his resignation.
"We looked into the Amantullah Khan's matter and found it's his family's internal issue which is being given a political colour. The dispute is within his brother-in-law's family," he said.
He said Khan's brother-in-law had divorced his wife and "Amantullah is not even in touch with them".

Sisodia, who is the prime mover in the Delhi government in the absence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, sought to blunt the BJP's attacks raking up the alleged snooping of a woman in Gujarat, and drew parallels of it with the Monica Lewinsky case of US.
He dared the media to dig deeper into the "snoopgate" scandal and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in this regard.

Khan had yesterday resigned all party posts and also as Delhi Waqf Board chief, claiming he was being targeted for unearthing corruption in Board.
Sisodia seconded Khan's contentions.
"He had given resignation in pain. His family issue was being dragged. He sent out a very emotional letter to us. But our probe has not found anything. I spoke to the Chief Minister (Arvind Kejriwal) and also other leaders and we have decided to not accept his resignation," Sisodia said.

Khan's statement was recorded under Section 164 CrPC in the case registered against him in southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar Police station.
The complainant has also accused her husband of demanding dowry and "pressurising" her to get intimate with the Khan.
Medical examination of six security guards was done.
A case under IPC sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions), 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty) and 3/4 Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act was registered against Bharti and his supporters at Hauz Khas police station, a senior police officer said.

Reacting to the development, Bharti accused the AIIMS of lying.
"AIIMS is lying. They have been denying legitimate access to Gautam Nagar residents. AIIMS even refused to PWD meetings. Wherever common man will be troubled I will go. The allegation that residents dismantled the wall is a blatant lie. I will fight in court," he tweeted.
Bharti and Khan have courted trouble in separate cases before and the duo were also arrested.
Both have emphatically rejected the allegations.