Gujarat AAP chief Gopal Italia detained after appearing before NCW, claims it wasn’t him in video

Arvidn Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia slam Delhi Police, NCW move

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)‘s Gujarat unit chief Gopal Italia was on Thursday detained by the Delhi Police after he appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) for his alleged comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid protests by party members outside the women’s panel’s office in New Delhi.

Reacting to police action against the AAP leader, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Mr. Italia's detention had triggered massive anger in the Patel community across Gujarat.

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Taking to Twitter, the AAP national convenor also asked why "entire BJP" was after Italia.

Mr. Kejriwal's deputy Manish Sisodia termed Mr. Italia's detention as "BJP politics" and alleged that he had been detained because he belonged to a party that knew how to transform schools.

NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma had summoned Mr. Italia for using "abusive and indecent language" against PM Modi and said his comment was "gender biased, misogynist and condemnable".

She told reporters after the hearing that Mr. Italia had claimed that he was not the person in the video in a verbal statement. However, in his written response, he said he did not mean it.