Kapil Gujjar allegedly fired shots in the air in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh in February against the nationwide anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests. Sanjeev Sharma, district president of the BJP, told The Hindu that he did not have any information about Mr. Gujjar’s past. As soon as we realised, we cancelled his membership,” said Mr. Sharma, who could be seen draping Mr. Gujjar with a saffron stole in photographs. After joining the BJP, Mr. Gujjar told reporters that the party was working for “strengthening (the ideology) of Hindutva and that’s why he had joined it”. Thereafter, BJP president J.P. Nadda said Kapil Gujjar was a terrorist and AAP was giving shelter to such terrorists.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2020 13:32 UTC