A man claiming to be a BJP worker and an 'Anna bhakt' (follower) created a flutter on Monday by flinging a box of black paint at Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including its chief Arvind Kejriwal, and alleging that they had siphoned off money collected during Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption.

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Man throws black paint at Arvind Kejriwal

A man claiming to be a BJP worker and an 'Anna bhakt' (follower) created a flutter on Monday by flinging a box of black paint at Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including its chief Arvind Kejriwal, and alleging that they had siphoned off money collected during Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption. (BCCL)

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The 'attack' took place while Kejriwal was addressing journalists over a letter written by Anna in which the Gandhian activist said he was receiving complaints that AAP was using funds collected during the Jan Lokpal campaign. (BCCL)

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The attacker was identified as Nachiketa Waghrekar, a resident of Ahmadnagar in Maharashtra. 'They used Anna, discarded him' (BCCL)

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Other AAP leaders on the dais were lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Sanjay Singh and Manish Sisodia. Party workers had to drag Waghrekar away as he screamed and kicked, and ended up with a few injuries.

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Waghrekar was detained by police after a formal complaint was registered by Kejriwal. AAP later said they were not interested in pursuing the matter. Sources said he was likely to be arrested later at night after interrogation.

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After an initial confusion, BJP said Waghrekar no longer belonged to the party. BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman initially tweeted: "Condemn the disruption of AAP's press conference.

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Understand the person is BJP IT cell tehsil in-charge, tehsil Parner (dist Ahmadnagar)." An hour later she revised the tweet to: "Nachiketa was with BJP IT cell till three years ago. Since last two years he is active with IAC. He is currently not a member."

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The official BJP response, issued by national spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi, added: "Nachiketa was a former BJP member.... He is from Anna Hazare's tehsil and has contested election against the BJP official candidate. We condemn such acts." (BCCL)

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Anna said in Ralegaon Siddhi that if BJP was responsible for the attack, it should refrain from this form of politics. "Arvind is a courageous leader," he said, according to a tweet by AAP leader Kumar Vishwas, who is with Anna. (BCCL)

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Kejriwal dismissed the attack as the handiwork of those desperate to go to any means to discredit AAP. "Obviously AAP has managed to make some people nervous. There are bigger, unknown forces behind him," he said. (BCCL)

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