Jul 24, 2008
Story Timeline: 75 days
New Delhi: Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Chandrabhan Singh yesterday alleged that party leaders L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh were conspiring to murder him and was behind an attack by the party's youth wing members on his residence here. "The attack was planned by party chief Rajnath Singh and Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani. They wanted to murder me," Singh told reporters. The police said the MP was in his North Avenue home - a stone's throw from Parliament House, the President's Estate and key central ministries - when it was attacked by about 60 members of the BJP youth wing. A total of 29 activists were later arrested on charges of rioting. Stones thrown The placard-carrying activists hurled stones and bricks at the house, smashing windows. They also threw stones inside the house, damaging furniture and...
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