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  • dhruv rathee: ‘Getting rape and death threats’: Swati Maliwal opens up on campaign by AAP, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee

    Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has opened up about the death and rape threats she has been receiving, following an alleged “character assassination” campaign launched by AAP and she claimed that the situation just got worse when YouTuber Dhruv Rathee released a one-sided video against her on the assault allegations.

    Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Maliwal said that after the leaders and volunteers of AAP orchestrated a campaign of charachter assassination, victim shaming and fanning of emotions against her, she has been getting rape and death threats.

    “This got further exacerbated when YouTuber @Dhruv_Rathee posted a one-sided video against me. As far as the party leadership goes, it is very clear that they are trying to intimidate me into withdrawing my complaint. However, for Dhruv, I tried my best to reach out to him to tell him my version but he ignored my calls and messages,” she further said.(More to come)

  • Swati Maliwal: ‘Threatened by a goon…’: Swati Maliwal hits back at AAP, as party takes ‘U-Turn’ on ‘Assaultgate’ – The Economic Times Video

    Days after accepting ‘misbehaviour’ by CM Kejriwal’s aide, now AAP takes ‘U-turn’ in Swati Maliwal’s assault case. In a press conference on May 17, AAP alleged the ‘assault’ as BJP’s conspiracy to defame the party. Aam Aadmi Party also declared Swati Maliwal as the BJP’s ‘face and pawn’ of this conspiracy. Reacting to it, Maliwal attacked AAP and said, people who recently joined the party are now calling her a BJP agent. In her recent tweet, she said that the party was being threatened by a ‘goon’, and had taken a “U-turn” on their stand. She further also alleged CCTV at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence was being tampered. Meanwhile, CM Kejriwal’s PA Bibhav Kumar also filed a written complaint against Swati Maliwal.

  • Arvind Kejriwal: Swati Maliwal’s video allegedly shot inside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence surfaces on social media, MP says it’s ‘out of context’

    Swati Maliwal assault case has taken another turn. Amid controversy over AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal’s claim that she was physically assaulted by Kejriwal’s PA Bibhav Kumar, an unverified video showing the events at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on May 13 has surfaced on social media. Reacting on the unverified video, Swati Maliwal has said that the video is without any context. Without taking any name, the Rajya Sabha MP alleged that the ‘political hitman has started to save himself.’Political Hitman is trying to save himself: Maliwal”Like every time, this time too this political hitman has started trying to save himself. By getting its people to tweet, and by playing videos without any context, it feels that it will save itself from committing this crime. Does someone make a video of beating someone?” she asked in a post on X.Truth will come out one day: Maliwal”The truth will be in front of everyone as soon as the CCTV footage inside the house and the room is examined,” she said. “You can fall to any level but god is watching everything. One day the truth will come out in front of to the world,” she added.— SwatiJaiHind (@SwatiJaiHind) Unverified Video Surfaces OnlineIn the latest turn of events, an unverified video has gone viral on social media in which a women can heard having conversation with security personnel. As per the social media, the video was shot after the assault on Swati Maliwal. “The video of Swati Maliwal having an argument with security after the assault,” the social media post with the video reads.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesIn the video, which ET has not independently verified, Maliwal is heard arguing with Kejriwal’s staff. She is heard saying “I have called the police and will leave only when they arrive. I will make sure you lose your job if you touch me,” Maliwal can be heard saying in the video. It is, however, not known at the moment about who made this 52-second viral video.Maliwal’s FIR alleges she was kicked and slapped On Thursday, the Delhi Police lodged an FIR concerning the alleged assault on Swati Maliwal, a Rajya Sabha MP from the Aam Aadmi Party. Bibhav Kumar, the personal secretary of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, is accused of assaulting her at the CM’s residence earlier in the week. According to police sources, Maliwal’s complaint states that Kumar slapped her multiple times and struck her chest and stomach during the incident on Monday. The FIR, filed by Maliwal on Thursday, charges Kumar under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including molestation, criminal intimidation, and outraging a woman’s modesty. However, Kejriwal is not named in the FIR, confirmed a police officer. The investigation is ongoing, and more details are anticipated as the case progresses.

  • BJP Slams Kejriwal For Ignoring Question on Maliwal ‘Assault’, AAP’s Sanjay Singh Defends Silence |

    The BJP attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday for avoiding media questions about the alleged assault on his party MP Swati Maliwal at his residence in Delhi, accusing him of behaving more like a “goon”. The Aam Aadmi Party convener was speaking at a press conference earlier in the day in Lucknow with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, when the Delhi chief minister was questioned about the incident. Kejriwal avoided the question, which was fielded by AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was also present. Singh stated that his party has already taken a clear position on the issue.

    Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva chastised the chief minister for avoiding media questions and demanded his resignation immediately, accepting responsibility for the incident.

    BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed Kejriwal is the main “criminal” in the incident in which his aide Bibhav Kumar allegedly physically attacked Maliwal at the chief minister’s residence. Bhatia also mentioned a phone call Maliwal made to the Delhi Police on the day of the incident.

    “Kejriwal’s silence speaks volumes. “Out of jail, he’s more of a ‘goonda’ than a chief minister,” Bhatia told journalists. Bhatia noted that Bibhav Kumar was photographed with Kejriwal during his visit to Lucknow.
    At the press conference, Sanjay Singh used incidents of crimes against women in Manipur, women wrestlers’ complaints against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and the Prajwal Revanna case to criticise the BJP.

    The AAP has made its position clear in the Maliwal case, and no one should politicise it, Singh said.
    Bhatia noted that Singh admitted that a condemnable incident had occurred against Maliwal, and that Kejriwal was expected to act in a case involving a party colleague. Instead, he described the accused as a “twin brother” travelling with him.

    “This shows Kejriwal has no commitment to justice for women, while the BJP is fighting for justice for an opposition leader,” he said, accusing him of cowardice. Bhatia demanded that the AAP leader break his silence or, if he is a coward, resign. He said that the woman The Rajya Sabha MP has been incommunicado since the incident, and the BJP leader wondered if she had been kidnapped or forcibly removed from the public eye.

    He also criticised Yadav for attempting to downplay the incident by claiming that it is not a big deal. Targeting the Samajwadi Party, Bhatia recalled the late SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav’s controversial defence of some men accused of rape, claiming that “they are boys, they make mistakes.”

    Sachdeva echoed Bhatia’s attack on Akhilesh Yadav, saying nothing more was expected of him. Sachdeva stated that Kejriwal was photographed with Bibhav Kumar and Sanjay Singh at Lucknow airport, demonstrating how seriously the Chief Minister is taking the matter.

    “They are travelling with Kumar, whom they consider an offender. “Lies, deception, and cunning are the hallmarks of Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party,” the Delhi BJP president charged. “Was it not a responsibility of Kejriwal who holds the constitutional post of chief minister and was present at his home at the time of the incident, to lodge a police complaint,” he asked.

  • Maliwal ‘assault’: Delhi Police team reaches MP’s residence to seek details of incident

    A Delhi Police team reached AAP MP Swati Maliwal’s house on Thursday in connection with the alleged assault on her at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, officials said. Led by an Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) rank officer, the team has gone to the Rajya MP’s residence to seek details of the incident, they said.

    On Monday morning, Maliwal went to the Civil Lines police station here and alleged that a member of Kejriwal’s personal staff “assaulted” her at the chief minister’s official residence, police officials said. Police have not yet received a formal complaint.

    Earlier on Thursday, the National Commission for Women (NCW) summoned Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar over Maliwal’s allegations. His hearing is scheduled for Friday at 11 am. On Tuesday, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh had said that the incident with Maliwal was “highly condemnable”.

  • Swati Maliwal: Swati Maliwal assault case: AAP MP’s ex-husband claims her life under threat, attacks Sanjay Singh – The Economic Times Video

    Amid the alleged assault incident of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at the Delhi Chief Minister’s residence, Naveen Jaihind, the former husband of Swati Maliwal, called AAP leader Sanjay Singh the “parrot” of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, adding that a case should be lodged against Arvind Kejriwal. Speaking to ANI, Naveen Jaihind on Wednesday alleged that Arvind Kejriwal’s House is not a CM house but is actually a “gutter house.”

  • AAP MP Swati Maliwal Alleges Assault By Arvind Kejriwal`s Staff: Delhi Police

    Maliwal, during her call to the Police, alleged that a member of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal staff misbehaved with her. 

  • Swati Maliwal: AAP nominates DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal for Rajya Sabha; renominates Sanjay Singh – The Economic Times Video

    NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to send the chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal, to the Rajya Sabha. Maliwal will become a Rajya Sabha member for the first time. AAP’s political affairs committee (PAC) has also chosen to nominate Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for their second terms as members of the upper house, given that their current term concludes on January 27, 2024.