New Delhi: An event organised at Constitution Club to commemorate Nirbhaya degenerated into a political slugfest An annual feature, the ‘Nirbhaya Chetna Diwas’ organised by Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust began at 4pm and continued smoothly with guests from across the political spectrum paying tributes to the departed soul. Nirbhaya’s mother made emotional appeals to all to never forget her daughter’s sacrifice and the fight for women’s safety.Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Jaihind spoke on the occasion and underlined the shortage of police personnel and the failure of the central government in providing enough security.Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also arrived around 4.30pm and paid tributes. Then he started to speak.Kejriwal highlighted the work done by the AAP government for women’s safety. He mentioned the work to light up the capital’s dark spots and install CCTV cameras. Kejriwal said his government would illuminate dark spots on roads maintained by other agencies if they gave no-objection certificates to the government. He said South Delhi Municipal Corporation refused to give NOC for that.A woman, appearing dissatisfied with the CM’s claims, stood up to protest and interrupt his speech. She calmed down when she was asked to allow the CM to speak. At this, a group of people standing in the last rows started hooting, which didn’t stop even after the organisers and police attempted to control it.Kejriwal tried to resume his speech but the hooting only got louder. So he stopped mid-way and left the venue. AAP workers alleged that the disruption was masterminded by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari. But Tiwari, who was also invited to the event, arrived soon after Kejriwal left the venue.“Manoj Tiwari arrived with the same people who were asked by the police to go out of the hall,” said an AAP member. Tiwari also paid tribute to Nirbhaya and the programme resumed.While he condemned the incident, Tiwari said the CM shouldn’t have used the platform for blame game. “I don’t know why AAP is blaming me. I have nothing to do with it. I reached late, as I had some prior commitments. I condemn the incident. But I’m told that the CM started blaming the Centre and tried to politicise the event. He should have just told the people about what his government has done instead of blame game,” said Tiwari.All of this left Nirbhaya’s mother, who was present there, traumatised. “It hurt me to see the annual event became a political arena. A lot of hard work went into organising the event, which lost its purpose due to politics,” she said.