New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- A day after a Delhi court sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the party should "clarify their relationship with the Tahir Hussain and others like him".

Hitting out at the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, BJP leader Gaurav Vallabh said that the people of Delhi have not forgotten the violence that gripped the city.

"No citizen of Delhi has forgotten how the AAP spread anarchy across the entire city at that time. How massive stones were thrown at police personnel from rooftops, and that too with full preparation. The AAP,...