New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a large protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office, accusing the party and its leadership of repeatedly hurting Sikh religious sentiments.

Delhi BJP presidentVirendraaSachdeva alleged that under the directions of AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, leaders in both Punjab and Delhi have been involved in actions that amount to the insult of Sikh Gurus. Referring to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi Leader of Opposition Atishi, Sachdeva claimed that such incidents reflect a consistent pattern of disrespect towards Sikh religious traditions.

Strongly criticising AAP, Sachdeva said that what he termed as "playing with religious sentiments" by...