New Delhi: Congress on Saturday slammed the BJP for resorting to violence and attacking North East Delhi candidate Kanhaiya Kumar, saying it shows that everyone in the saffron party is nervous due to its historic defeat in the Lok Sabha. . Election.

The Congress general secretary said, "Fearing defeat, BJP MPs from North East Delhi have now resorted to hooliganism. Remember, the Congress party is a Gandhian, not a Godseian. Our identity is not with those who fear, but with those who fight for justice. " Secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X."From a common MP to the Prime Minister, from North to South - I am terrified of the BJP. They are going to be wiped out on June 4," he said, adding the hashtag "Deromat".

Kumar was allegedly attacked and ink was thrown at him by some people in the constituency on Friday. The incident took place outside the AAP office in Ni Osmanpur area when he was coming out after a party meeting with local councilor Chhaya Sharma.

KC Venugopal, another AICC general secretary, said, “After the historic defeat, the BJP is once again resorting to its usual attitude of hooliganism and violence.,

"The cowardly attack by BJP goons on our North East Delhi candidate Kanhai Kumar is highly condemnable and reflects their frustration," he said.

Venugopal said, "They should know that Kanhaiya is the 'Babar Sher' of Congress who is not afraid of such pathetic acts. All the workers of the Indian alliance stand with him against the dirty tactics of this fascist and criminal regime. "

Congress spokesperson and head of media and publicity department Pawan Khera said, "A person who has been an MP twice and has also been the president of the state unit of the BJP, he should at least understand that there are wins and losses in elections. "

Kher also said, “By resorting to violence like this, Manoj Tiwari will not be able to convert his defeat into victory, but yes, he will definitely defeat democracy.,

Meanwhile, Kumar also addressed a press conference in Delhi and said, "I am doing this press conference to ensure that democracy is protected, the Constitution is protected."

"The election process is going on in the country. There is an Election Commission, it is the responsibility to conduct elections in a fair manner. I am not worried about my safety. I was born on the soil of Bihar, struggle is my life." the Congress candidate said.

According to councilor Sharma's complaint, "Some people came and garlanded Kanhaiya Kumar. After garlanding him, some people threw ink on Kanhaiya Kumar and tried to attack him."

The complaint states that when Sharma tried to intervene, he abused and threatened her.

Kanhaiya said in a statement that the attack was ordered by his constituency rival contender Manoj Tiwari.

He said sitting MP Tiwari was disappointed with his growing popularity and that is why he sent "goons" to attack him.