New Delhi:

News Nation cameraman was on Wednesday hit on his head after BJP workers pelted stones at AAP workers in Delhi.

AAP workers on Wednesday protested outside BJP office in Delhi against detaining Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal in Gujarat.

In Delhi

Water cannons were also shot at AAP workers outside BJP office which was vandalised. In response BJP workers also trampled on AAP cap as a protest.

Reacting to the treatment, AAP member Shazia Ilmi said, “Arvind's rally was pre-planned, with no flags or banners, why was he detained? What was the need to detain Arvind ji? This shows how afraid Narendra Modi is.”

Journalist-turned politician Ashutosh added, “Both Congress and BJP are moving hand in hand against AAP. They are scared of AAP.”

However, BJP refuted the claims. Nalin Kohli from BJP said, “We want an investigation on Ashutosh, all this is terror attacks.”

"The details of defaulters are being collected, will be treated according to law," said police officer outside BJP office.

Protests in Lucknow

Armed with brooms, workers of Aam Aadmi Party clashed with lathi-wielding activists of BJP and fought pitched street battles here in protest against detention of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Gujarat.

Around three dozen AAP workers, carrying brooms (the party's election symbol) staged a demonstration outside the BJP headquarters on Vidhan Sabha Marg this evening against the detention of Kejriwal in a north Gujarat town.

AAP activists allegedly attacked the BJP office with bricks, drawing retaliation as the saffron party workers, carrying canes, took to the streets.

Several people were mercilessly beaten up by canes after being knocked down on the road as rival groups chased each other away.

Shirts of some activists were ripped off and many protesters were pinned down on the road before lathi blows rained on them.

National council member of AAP, Vaibhav Maheshwari, told PTI that his party members were staging a "peaceful" demonstrtion and BJP activists hurled bricks on them from inside their party office and attacked them with lathis.

Maheshwari claimed an AAP activist was seriosly injured while four to five others were also wounded.

BJP spokesman Vijay Pathak said AAP workers clashed with his party workers standing outside the office and resorted to brick-batting.

They later fled as they were outnumbered and police arrived, he said. Police, however, brought the situation under control and normalcy was restored after sometime.

In Gujarat

A clash between AAP-BJP members has also been reported from Gujarat where AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was detained earlier in the day. The BJP and AAP workers faced off at Kharoi village on Bhachau where Kejriwal is scheduled in about half an hour. BJP workers are threatening to lie on the road to prevent Kejriwal from travelling.



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