New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party on Monday alleged that the Delhi violence was planned in advance and shared the video of former JNU student Umar Khalid to back its claim.

Khalid urges people to gather

In the video, Khalid, who has been facing sedition charges, was heard urging a Muslim gathering to hit the streets in large numbers when US President Donald Trump arrives in India on February 24.

“I promise that when Donald Trump will visit India on February 24, we will show how Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government is trying to divide the country and tarnish the principles of Mahatama Gandhi… We will come out on streets in huge numbers to tell (the US President) that people of India are fighting to bring everyone together,” Khalid had said while addressing a public rally in Maharashtra’s Amravati on February 17.

Clashes in Delhi was pre-organised

Sharing the video on Twitter, BJP’s IT cell head Malviya asked whether the clashes in Delhi was pre-organised at the behest of “Tukde Tukde gang”, a term often used by the BJP to refer to the Left-backed groups and their supporters.

“Umar Khalid, already facing sedition charges, gave a speech in Amaravati on 17Feb, where he exhorted a largely Muslim audience to come out on streets in huge numbers when Trump arrives in India on 24th. Was the violence in Delhi planned weeks in advance by the Tukde Tukde gang?” he tweeted along with the video.

Umar Khalid, already facing sedition charges, gave a speech in Amaravati on 17Feb, where he exhorted a largely Muslim audience to come out on streets in huge numbers when Trump arrives in India on 24th.

Was the violence in Delhi planned weeks in advance by the Tukde Tukde gang? pic.twitter.com/feUMwpPeKS

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) March 2, 2020

Islamist forces

BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga squarely blamed Khalid for the violence in Delhi, saying the “Islamist forces” had already hatched a conspiracy to hit the streets and demean the country on the day the US President was scheduled to arrive in India.

जिहादी ताकतों द्वारा ये साजिश पहले ही रच दी गई थी कि जिस दिन डोनाल्ड ट्रंप भारत मे आएंगे उस दिन टुकड़े-टुकड़े गैंग सड़को पर उतरेगा और देश को बदनाम करने की कोशिश करेगा । 17 फरबरी का उमर खालिद का ये भाषण उसी का सबूत है। pic.twitter.com/KH0ZYVn1VR

— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) March 2, 2020