India, Aug. 21 -- New Delhi

The attack on Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta during a "Jan Sunwai (public hearing)" programme sparked a war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with the former alleging a "conspiracy" behind the attack and the opposition party an attempt by the BJP to defame the AAP.

The row started over an image posted by BJP MLA Harish Khurana, in which the attacker was seen with Gopal Italia, an AAP Gujarat leader. The AAP refuted the allegation, calling it an AI-generated image.

BJP parliamentarian Ramvir Singh Bidhuri demanded a screening of the attacker's phone logs. "The conspiracy behind the attack must be exposed to find out who is upset with the significant development...