80% crimes involve illegal immigrants in Delhi: Tiwari

New Delhi, October 13 

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari on Sunday held illegal immigrants responsible for 80 per cent crimes in the Capital, referring to the incident of chain snatching with PM Narendra Modi’s niece in the city. 

Tiwari said his demand for national register for citizens (NRC) exercise in Delhi is for identifying and evicting such illegal immigrants involved in crimes. 

“As many as 80 per cent crimes involve illegal immigrants in Delhi. That’s why I have been demanding NRC but, whenever I do so, Arvind Kejriwal rises as their shield,” he said. 

Recently, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a question about NRC implementation in Delhi said Tiwari would be the first to be evicted if the exercise was started in the city. 

Delhi BJP president Tiwari said the responsibility of law and order and crime control lied with the Delhi Police and he was not trying to protect it by naming the illegal immigrants. — PTI

BJP INDULGING IN DIRTY POLITICS: AAP

The AAP on Sunday accused the BJP of indulging in “dirty politics” over the law and order situation in Delhi, saying the Centre needs to direct the police to catch the perpetrators of crime and punish them, regardless of who committed it.