In a reprisal for Aam Aadmi Party leader Prashant Bhushan's statement on holding a referendum on keeping the army in Jammu and Kashmir, around 40 persons from an alleged right wing group attacked the party's office in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh and vandalised property.
CNN-IBN reported that around 40 persons carrying flags came to the AAP office in Kaushambi in Uttar Pradesh and threw stones at the office while shouting slogans.
The protest lasted almost 15 to 20 minutes and property outside the office was damaged as the AAP volunteers in the office had locked themselves in the building.
A screengrab from the CCTV footage at the AAP office.
Uttar Pradesh police officials said that they had rushed additional forces there and were in the process of examining CCTV footage to identify those who were involved in vandalism.
The group involved in the attack reportedly identified themselves as the Hindu Raksha Sena, and said they had attacked the office on account of Bhushan's statements.
"We attacked AAP's office because of Prashant Bhushan's remarks on Kashmir," NDTV quoted a senior functionary of the group as saying.
AAP's Kumar Vishwas condemned the attack on its office and said that it was a sign that the BJP was worried over the party's growth in the country.
"Arvind Kejriwal and we have already said that Prashant Bhushan's view is not that of the party," Kumar Vishwas, a senior leader in the party, said.
He also said it was a worrying sign of the BJP's intolerance.
"This is how the BJP works. It is cause for worry. If they come to power they will not allow anyone to speak," Vishwas said.
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