India, Aug. 20 -- The BJP has reacted angrily after an AAP legislator said the attack on Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, in which she was slapped by a man at her Jan Sunvai programme on Wednesday, was "all just a drama to create a story".

Delhi BJP secretary Harish Khurana posted on X, tagging AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal: "Is this your party's official line? Your MLA is saying that no attack took place and the chief minister is creating drama, so why are you condemning the attack? It seems to me that there might be a conspiracy by [AAP] because you have a history of being involved in such acts."

He was referring to comments by Anil Jha, AAP MLA from Kirari, who had said he had known Rekha Gupta for 27 years as he was with the BJP before.

Jha was r...