India, Jan. 12 -- Several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj were briefly detained during a protest near the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in central Delhi's DDU Marg as the political row over the alleged insult to Guru Tegh Bahadur escalated on Sunday. Last week, the Winter Session of the Delhi Assembly remained wrapped in chaos as BJP MLAs accused Leader of the Opposition Atishi of using "insensitive words" against the Sikh guru, while AAP accused the BJP of "false claims".

On Sunday, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva shared on X a video of what he claimed was of Atishi speaking against Guru Tegh Bahadur. At a press conference, Sachdeva challenged the AAP to file a first information report (FIR) agai...