Continued from page 1 THE shots were fired around 11.30 pm, the third unprovoked shooting in the aftermath of the provocative speeches made by BJP leaders during the intense campaigning for the Assembly polls in the national capital. During a recent election rally, Union minister Anurag Thakur had egged on the crowd to raise an incendiary slogan, to u201c shoot the traitorsu201d after he lashed out at anti- Citizenship ( Amendment) Act ( CAA) protesters.

Later, BJP MP Parvesh Sharma had said that the protesters at Shaheen Bagh will u201c enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters and kill themu201d. Interestingly, the Shaheen Bagh stir is being led by women who are accompanied by their children.