New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Harsh Malhotra on Monday led party colleagues in holding simultaneous protests outside the homes and offices of 22 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators who boycotted the Delhi Lakshmi Scheme for women in the Assembly, a party leader said.
At the residence of Leader of Opposition and Kalkaji MLA Atishi, BJP workers staged a massive protest led by Delhi BJP General Secretary Yogita Singh, Secretary Naresh Vashisht and former MP Ramesh Bidhuri.
The protesters highlighted that it was unfortunate that Atishi, who has been away from the Assembly for nearly a year and particularly travelling in Goa for around six months, allowed her party to oppose the Delhi Lakshmi Scheme despite being a woman herself, said a Delhi BJP statement.
A protest was held against Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan under the leadership of OBC Morcha president Santosh Pal, in which Councillor Neetu Chaudhary and all Mandal presidents also participated.
At the office of Kondli MLA Kuldeep, BJP workers staged a protest under the leadership of Mayur Vihar district president Vijender Dhama and State vice president Richa Pandey.
Hundreds of workers, including Satya Sharma and Anil Gaur, participated in the protest against Seelampur MLA Chaudhary Zubair Ahmed, led by Delhi BJP State Secretary Gaurav Khari.
A protest was staged against Seemapuri MLA Veer Singh Dhingan under the leadership of Delhi BJP vice president Sarika Jain. Demonstrators outside Babarpur MLA Gopal Rai’s residence were led by Raj Sharma Gautam.
A massive protest was held against Karol Bagh MLA Vishesh Ravi under the leadership of State vice president Sona Kumari and Councillor Manish Chadha. Protests outside the office of Deoli MLA Prem Chauhan were led by BJP Yuva Morcha president Rajat Chaudhary and district president Maya Singh Bisht.
A protest was held outside the office of Tughlakabad MLA Sahi Ram Pehalwan under the leadership of Purvanchal Morcha president Santosh Ojha. BJP workers held a demonstration outside the office-residence of Chandni Chowk MLA Punardeep Singh Sahni under the leadership of senior leader Rajan Tiwari and former Assembly candidate Satish Jain.
At the office of Gokulpur MLA Surendra Kumar, BJP workers were led by Minority Morcha president Anees Abbasi.
A massive protest was held against AAP MLA from Patel Nagar, Pravesh Ratna, under the leadership of former MLA Raj Kumar Anand and BJP Mahila Morcha president Archana Gupta. BJP workers staged a protest outside the office of Ambedkar Nagar MLA Ajay Dutt under the leadership of senior leader Satyendra Singh.
In Tilak Nagar, BJP workers held a demonstration against MLA Jarnail Singh under the leadership of Delhi BJP vice president Vijay Solanki and Municipal Councillors Shweta Saini and Harish Oberoi.
A protest was held against Sadar MLA Som Dutt under the leadership of Delhi BJP leader Abhishek Tandon and Councillor Manoj Jindal. The protest against Ballimaran MLA Imran Hussain was led by Delhi BJP Minister Rohit Chahal and Councillor Kamal Bagri.
BJP workers shouted slogans against Matia Mahal MLA Ale Mohammad at Hauz Qazi Chowk under the leadership of District General Secretary Deepti Indora and State Office Minister Amit Gupta.
Hundreds of workers participated in the protest against Sultanpuri MLA Mukesh Ahlawat along with BJP Kisan Morcha president Devendra Solanki.
The protest against Delhi Cantonment MLA Virendra Kadian was led by Karol Bagh district president Virendra Babbar and BJP leader Bhuvnesh Tanwar. Delhi BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha president Lajpat Rai and Delhi Cantonment member Rajesh Gupta also participated.
A women-led protest was held against Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha under the leadership of senior BJP leader Satyanarayan Gautam; the protest against Badarpur MLA Ram Singh Netaji was led by Krishnadev Singh and a massive protest was held against Kirari MLA Anil Jha under the leadership of former State vice president Vinay Rawat.
–IANS
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