Leader of opposition in lok sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday called for the ouster of union home minister P Chidambaram over the police lathicharge of BJP protestors in the national capital on Tuesday.

Answering reporters questions on if the opposition was deliberately stalling houses' proceedings in the parliament. Swaraj said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had no desire to disrupt parliament, but in the light of recent events it was forced to disrupt the houses. Demanding resignation of home minister P Chidambaram, she said the government had shown utmost disregard to democracy by beating up BJP Yuva Morcha activists, who were demanding action against corruption.

The BJP leader also rejected reports of an alleged deal struck with the government to avoid discussion on certain issues in parliament, saying that some parties (hinting at the Left parties) always smelled conspiracies and deals in every issue. She said that disruptions were a legitimate way of cornering attention on subjects of urgency.

She said there were three such incidents in the recent past, where government did not allow peaceful protests. Rejecting the police statement that nobody was injured in the police action, Swaraj said 56 people, including four police personnel, have received injuries and were recuperating in different city hospitals. She said a BJP Yuva Morcha activist has received a spinal injury and dozen others have their arms and legs fractured.

"Till recently, we were attacking Chidambaram for his role in the spectrum scam. Now, we demand his dismissal from the council of ministers for letting loose brute police force on peaceful protesters," she said.

Arun Jaitely, who was also present at the conference, drew parallels between allowing separatists conducting meetings in Delhi and police actions against BJP members and against Baba Ramdev. He said Chidambaram had defended the separatists' meetings citing freedom of expression.

Asked why his party didn’t allow the home minister to make a statement, he said police version was not acceptable to them. "We would like to know the truth behind using disproportionate use of force. Police version is that nobody was injured. It is so fanciful, it didn’t serve any purpose."

Shiv Sena leader Anant Geete said the use of force against farmers near Pune was unparalleled. He said it was third such incident after Jaitapur, Paditpur Yatra where farmers were targeted by police. He thanked Samajwadi Party and Biju Janata Dal for supporting the issue and joining hands to demand dismissal of the Maharashtra government.