Khetan meets Kejriwal amid row over his remarks

July 06, 2016 21:03

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan, under fire for equating the party's 'Youth Manifesto' for Punjab polls with religious books and using the image of Golden Temple on it, today met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

AAP's Punjab in charge Sanjay Singh and senior leader Ashutosh were also present in the meeting. However, the party maintained that the meeting had got nothing to do with the controversy.

While Khetan has already tendered an apology, saying he did not intend to "undermine any section of the society", a case was registered against him in Amritsar today for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. When contacted, a senior party leader said the meeting was "informal".

The leader criticised the opposition for "communalising" the issue despite Khetan tendering apology. "The opposition is just trying to whip up communal sentiments. Khetan has already apologised and the party's Punjab unit has also done the same," the leader said.

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