Delhi BJP slams Kejriwal for overlooking harassment of Dalit AAP worker
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Media Head and Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor on Sunday condemned the alleged attempt by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Council Member and husband of Jaitpur Councillor Hema to harass and dispossess a Dalit worker of his property, questioning Arvind Kejriwal’s silence on the matter.
Kapoor along with BJP Chief Spokesperson Anil Gupta demanded that AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Saurabh Bhardwaj immediately ensure justice for their party’s Dalit worker Rakesh Kumar by restoring possession of his plot and expel AAP National Council Member Shrichand Vohra and his Councillor wife from the AAP.
The Delhi BJP Media Head said that Vohra has been directly associated with Kejriwal since the party’s formative days and had himself contested the Municipal Corporation election from Jaitpur in 2017.
In 2022, his wife Hema contested the election and is currently serving as a Municipal Councillor.
In 2019, on the pretext of setting up a private political office, Vohra took a vacant plot belonging to active Dalit AAP worker Rakesh Kumar in Jaitpur Extension.
After about a year, Rakesh Kumar began asking for his plot back but Vohra allegedly kept delaying the matter till 2022.
Towards the end of 2022, Vohra’s wife Hema was elected as a Municipal Councillor from Jaitpur.
According to the BJP leaders, this was followed by alleged harassment of Dalit worker Rakesh Kumar, which came to a halt only after an FIR was registered at a police station around two weeks ago.
In July 2026, when Rakesh Kumar sought to have an electricity meter installed on the first floor of his house, Vohra allegedly stopped the electricity department from carrying out the installation, BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor said.
Around three weeks ago, Vohra allegedly threw the belongings of his Dalit colleague Rakesh Kumar, kept on the first floor, on the street.
“Distressed by the situation, Rakesh Kumar approached the police and filed a complaint,” Kapoor added.
Following an investigation, the police have now added Sections relating to an alleged conspiracy to take possession of the plot.
The BJP leaders said that the provisions invoked in the case may carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
–IANS
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