Kapil Mishra attacked at hunger strike venue

High drama was witnessed at the hunger strike venue of sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday when a youth claiming to be AAP supporter attacked him.

The AAP also landed in soup after it claimed that the attacker, who was identified as Ankit Bhardwaj, was BJP's Yuva Morcha Delhi executive committee member but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. BJP denied any links with the incident or the person who actually targeted Mishra and presented before media the activist linked with them.

Mishra, the suspended AAP MLA who began his hunger strike at his residence asking the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to publicise details of funding for the foreign tours made by five of its leaders, said the youth ran towards him and grabbed his neck at around 5:30 PM.

His supporters immediately rushed towards Mishra and freed him from the clutches of the youth, identified as Ankit Bhardwaj who claimed he was an AAP member.

"I was lying on the bed, suddenly a youth came running towards me and jumped on me. He grabbed me by my neck. He said he won't allow me to do whatever I am doing. But I warn my supporters if they attack him, I am going to stop taking water also," Mishra told reporters soon after the incident.

He said "two-three people who will be affected" by his actions could be behind it but refused to name any one. "I would not say it is the conspiracy by the party or the leaders," he said, adding he was not hurt.

While being taken away by police, the youth, who was slapped by some Mishra supporters, said, "I am an AAP worker. Nobody send me here. Mishra is harming the party."

Soon after the incident, AAP retweeted a series of tweets which claimed Bhardwaj was a Yuva Morcha activist, which were removed from the timeline later. AAP leader Sanjay Singh also said the social media profile and posts of the person showed that he was a BJP supporter.

The Yuva Morcha leader said he felt it was done with a purpose and that AAP cannot claim they did it due to confusion.

Mishra, who was suspended from AAP following his allegations against Kejriwal that he took Rs two crore from Minister Satyendar Jain, also claimed he received a phone call on Tuesday night threatening him that he would be shot. The sacked minister had also claimed that Jain helped Kejriwal's late brother-in-law to clinch a Rs 50 crore land deal.

His hunger strike came a day after he approached the CBI seeking a probe into the foreign tours by the leaders -- Jain, Sanjay Singh, Ashish Khetan, Raghav Chadha and Durgesh Pathak.

He said Kejriwal has been telling people that AAP does not have money to even contest elections. "Then where did the money come from for these foreign trips?" he asked. "If these details are revealed, people won't let you stay in power for another moment. What is the secret behind these trips?" he said.