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BJP protests, wants Kejriwal's minister to go
New Delhi, April 9
Some 250 BJP activists
staged a noisy protest on Thursday outside Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal's house demanding the resignation of a Delhi minister for
allegedly shielding men wanted in a road rage case.
Holding party
flags and banners, some of the protesters, including state BJP
president Satish Upadhyay, climbed atop cars and raised slogans against
the Delhi government outside Kejriwal's residence in north Delhi's Civil
Lines.
Upadhyay demanded the resignation of Delhi's Minority
Affairs Minister Asim Ahmed Khan in the Aam Aadmi Party government,
saying he was shielding those accused of beating a 38-year-old
motorcyclist to death on Sunday.
The victim, Shahnawaz, was
assaulted in front of his two sons by the accused after his motorcycle
bumped into their car. The man died.
"We want him (minister) to
resign because he has been accused of pressurising police to prepare a
weak FIR (First Information Report) against the accused," said Upadhyay.
"The government must ensure that Shahnawaz's family gets justice," he added.
Delhi
Police, which reports to the home ministry and not to the Delhi
government, has arrested all the five accused in the case.
The
parents of Shahnawaz, who owned an electrical shop, on Wednesday met
Kejriwal who assured them his government's help to ensure that the dead
man's children do not discontinue their education.