A video of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal being slapped by a member of a crowd during his roadshow in New Delhi’s Moti Nagar area went viral on Saturday.
According to The Hindustan Times, the incident took place when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor was holding a roadshow in favour of his party’s candidate Brijesh Goyal who is contesting from the New Delhi seat.
In the video, a man wearing a red shirt can be seen climbing atop the open jeep and slapping Kejriwal across the face before he is pulled off the jeep.
The assailant, identified as Suresh, 33, who has a spare-parts business in Kailash Park, was immediately apprehended by the AAP workers around the jeep and handed to the police. He has been taken to the Moti Nagar police station.
In November 2018, a man had thrown chilli powder on him outside his office in the Delhi secretariat.
In 2016, a man had thrown a shoe at Arvind Kejriwal when he was giving the details of the phase 2 of the odd-even scheme. Around the same time, a woman had also thrown ink on him at a “thanksgiving” gathering at Chhatrasal Stadium.
In 2014, an autorickshaw driver had slapped Kejriwal while he was campaigning for the Delhi assembly elections in Sultapuri in northwest Delhi. Kejriwal had suffered a black eye at that time.
Earlier, he has had engine oil and eggs also hurled at him.