BJP’s Kapil Mishra remains a controversy due to riots in New Delhi even as things appear to have calmed down in the sensitive North-Eastern districts.
New Delhi| BJP leader Kapil Mishra has been controversial since Delhi Polls for his aggressive speeches.
As riots spurred in the National Capital he was blamed widely for the violence and even as things appear to have calmed down in the sensitive northeast part of Delhi he remains a controversy.
Mishra, in the limelight for his inflammatory remarks calling for the forceful removal of Anti-CAA protesters last week after which pro-CAA mobs appeared and clashed with those protesting the law.
He had earlier also raised slogans urging mobs to “shoot the traitors.” The Delhi Police has, meanwhile, sought more time to register a First Information Report against Mishra, as it needs more time to investigate the BJP leader’s role.
Meanwhile, the Dept of Social Work Students Union of the Delhi School of Social Work (DSSW) has issued a statement condemning the actions of DSSW Alumni and BJP leader Kapil Mishra, demanding that Mishra be arrested for his “provocative acts and communal statements.”
“We disown him as our Alumni,” Anish Kumar, President of the DSSW Students Union told The Citizen, adding that this was the Union’s decision.
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“Kapil Mishra does not deserve to be called a DSSW alumnus,” the statement added.
“We have already condemned his actions, we have been condemning his actions. This is the Department of Social Work and he is doing anti-social things. Only because of his speech… his incitement of violence speech, that riots have taken place in Delhi,” Kumar stated.
Mishra, at a pro-CAA rally near Maujpur on February 23, had given an “ultimatum” to the Delhi Police to clear all anti-CAA protestors in Jaffrabad within three days, warning that otherwise “we will have to take to the streets.” Following his speech, riots erupted in Jaffrabad.
At least 42 people have lost their lives and more than 200 injured in the violence that unfolded in Maujpur, Jafrabad, Babarpur, Yamuna Vihar, Shiv Vihar, Bhajanpura, Chand Bagh, Ghonda, among other areas in northeast Delhi from Sunday.
With inputs from agencies
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