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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNew Delhi:<\/span> BJP<\/a> Tuesday hailed former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain<\/a>\u2019s conviction in the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma<\/a> in the 2020 Delhi riots. The party called the verdict historic. BJP also launched a fresh attack on AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of Congress. AAP, however, said that it had suspended Hussain from the party within hours of registration of the FIR against him.Kejriwal was \u201cthe biggest culprit\u201d and provided Hussain a political shield, and sacked him from the party only under mounting public anger, BJP said.. The then chief minister also did not stand with Sharma’s family, BJP added. Kejriwal should tender an apology, the party said. \u201cAttempts were made to cover up the case…. After he (Hussain) was arrested, Kejriwal went into hiding and did not utter a word,\u201d BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said.AAP said Hussain contested the Delhi Assembly election as an AIMIM candidate. He contested from Mustafabad, where his candidature split the Muslim vote and helped BJP win. After his removal from the party, AAP never associated with him, the party said.At a news conference Tuesday, Bhatia flayed the Congress leadership too, especially Sonia, for saying that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act called for \u201caar paar ki ladai\u201d. The law, passed in 2019, triggered protests that lasted several months. Bhatia demanded an \u201cunconditional apology\u201d from Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. \u201cVulture politics\u201d and \u201cappeasement politics\u201d is how the BJP spokesperson described Congress\u2019 actions.\u201cAfter CAA was passed in Parliament, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi created an atmosphere of confusion by claiming that Muslims would lose their citizenship with its implementation,\u201d Bhatia said. Has a single Muslim lost his citizenship under CAA, he asked.The verdict is a victory of the Constitution, law, justice and the people, the BJP spokesperson added.<\/div>\n