Why are AAP & BJP at War Over Lawyers for NE Delhi Riots Cases?

How the new tussle between Arvind Kejriwal government and the L-G began, and what the courts have held on the issue.

On Sunday, 19 July, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh launched a broadside against the BJP, saying at a press conference that the violence which rocked north east Delhi in February was “engineered” by the BJP.

Singh also claimed that this was why the BJP and Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal (an appointee of the Centre) were trying to get their own chosen lawyers appointed to represent the Delhi Police and act as prosecutors on the cases relating to the Delhi riots.

दिल्ली में दंगे भाजपा ने कराए हैं।

कोर्ट में अपने पसंदीदा वकील लगाकर भाजपा अपने नेताओं को बचाना चाहती है।- माननीय सांसद श्री @SanjayAzadSln जी pic.twitter.com/3jHtkDn01X

— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) July 19, 2020