BJP MP ends hunger strike on Rajnath''s ''persuasion''

New Delhi, June 21

A Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentarian who has been on a “fast-unto-death” in front of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence withdrew his strike after Home Minister Rajnath Singh “persuaded him into doing so”.

WATCH:BJP MP Maheish Girri calls off his hunger strike outside AKejriwal's residence in presence of HM Rajnath Singhhttps://t.co/kNZ0UxrmJA

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Maheish Girri, a Lok Sabha Member of Parliament, has been protesting in front of Kejriwal’s house since Sunday after the Delhi chief minister declined an open debate over his allegations that the former had been involved in the murder of a New Delhi Municipal Council estate officer, MM Khan.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh called on Girri, who has been sitting on his hunger strike in the Civil Lines to convince him “"not to put his life at stake".

The Home Minister offered Girri a glass of juice, which he drank to break his two-day fast. 

Khan was shot dead in Jamia Nagar here on May 16 — a day before he was expected to pass an order on the terms of the lease of The Connaught, a four-star hotel.

Kejriwal had reiterated his demand for the arrest of Girri and urged the Delhi Police to probe the relationship between Girri and hotelier Ramesh Kakkar, who ran The Connaught and is the main accused in Khan's murder case. — IANS