AAP ACCUSES BJP OF KIDNAPPING ITS COUNCILLOR; BJP DENIES CHARGES
The Daily Guardian|September 02, 2024
Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of kidnapping party Councillor Ram Chandra, who represents Bawana’s Shahabad Dairy in the civic body, after which the BJP denied the charges and hit back at AAP for “fake sensationalism.”
AAP ACCUSES BJP OF KIDNAPPING ITS COUNCILLOR; BJP DENIES CHARGES

Ram Chandra is one of the councillors who left AAP and joined the BJP and, four days later, traced his steps back to join his AAP.

The councillor, in a video message, alleged that he was forcibly picked up by several BJP men.

“I am a municipal councillor from Bawana Ward 28. In the morning, five or six people came to my house and took me to the BJP office in a car. There they threatened me with CBI and ED. They said something wrong will happen to you. After my son and the senior leader of the party dialled to police, then after which they dropped me at my place,” Ramchandra said in a self-made video.

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