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Parvesh Verma Slap Row: AAP Worker Sahib Singh's FIR Accessed, BJP Calls Him "Habitual Offender"
- •The controversy surrounding the alleged slap by Parvesh Verma on Sahib Singh has escalated politically in Delhi.
- •Sahib Singh claims he is part of AAP MLA Jarnail Singh's social media team and was recording the incident under directions.
- •Delhi BJP alleges Singh was previously arrested for assaulting an MCD employee, labeling him a "habitual offender."
- •Singh has filed a police complaint against Parvesh Verma, who in turn claims provocation and abuse of his family.
- •Police are currently verifying both Singh's complaint and Verma's counter-allegations, raising questions about ministerial conduct and political provocation.
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The confrontation in Tilak Nagar began during a heated exchange over the quality of an under-construction road between PWD Minister Parvesh Verma and AAP MLA Jarnail Singh, escalating when Verma slapped a young man recording the proceedings after alleging his family was verbally abused.
The Delhi BJP defended Minister Parvesh Verma by claiming that the youth involved, Sahib Singh, was a habitual offender who was previously arrested over an alleged assault on an MCD employee, and argued that the minister was provoked because his family was abused.
Sahib Singh filed a police complaint against PWD Minister Parvesh Verma at the Tilak Nagar police station. Meanwhile, opposition leaders including Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi strongly condemned the act, demanding legal action and the minister's arrest.
