The BJP Thursday hit out at Arvind Kejriwal for evading media questions on the alleged assault on his party MP Swati Maliwal at his residence here, and alleged the Delhi chief minister is behaving more like a “goon”.

The Aam Aadmi Party convener was addressing a press conference earlier in the day at Lucknow with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav where the Delhi chief minister was asked about the incident.

Kejriwal avoided the question and it was fielded by AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was also there. Singh said his party has already made its stand clear on the issue.

Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva assailed the chief minister for skipping media queries, and demanded he resign immediately, taking responsibility for the incident.

BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed Kejriwal is the main “criminal” in the incident of his aide Bibhav Kumar allegedly physically attacking Maliwal at the chief minister’s residence. Bhatia also referred to a telephone call Maliwal had made to the Delhi Police to report the matter on the day of the incident.