The AAP supremo also claimed that the BJP was trying to implicate party leaders in false cases, as he asked the ruling party at the Centre to come clean on whether a penny was recovered in the numerous raids (on party leaders) conducted earlier…reports Asian Lite News
Amid the explosive political fallout of the arrest of his former aide Bibhav Kumar in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MLA Swati Maliwal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday came out all guns blazing at the BJP-led Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Invoking the arrest of several of his party leaders, the CM, who himself is out on interim bail in connection with a money laundering case linked to the now-junked Delhi excise policy, questioned if the people elected a prime minister or a ‘thanedar’ (police officer).
Addressing a public rally at Bhajanpura, ahead of polling for the Lok Sabha in the national capital on May 25, the AAP national convenor said, “It is up to you (people). If you vote for the ‘Lotus’ symbol (of the BJP), I will have to go back to jail. But if you push the ‘Hand’ symbol (of ally Congress), I may not have to go to jail. They (BJP) have unleashed ‘gundagardi’ (hooliganism) on the Opposition.”
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Bringing up the arrests of party heavyweights Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Satyendar Jain in separate cases, the CM said, “They put Satyendar Jain, Manish Sisodia, and Sanjay Singh in jail. Now, they have also sent my (former) PA behind bars. They are also planning to send Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi to jail. Did we elect a prime minister or a thanedar?”
The AAP supremo also claimed that the BJP was trying to implicate party leaders in false cases, as he asked the ruling party at the Centre to come clean on whether a penny was recovered in the numerous raids (on party leaders) conducted earlier.
“They are trying to implicate us in a false and fictitious scam, which they claim to be worth Rs 100 crore. I want to ask them: you conducted over 500 raids. Did you even recover a penny? Where is the 100 crore? Did it vanish into thin air?” Kejriwal asked.
The AAP convenor also held a roadshow in Bhajanpura, which is part of the North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, on Tuesday evening. The seat is being contested by the Congress’s Kanhaiya Kumar, who is pitted against BJP heavyweight and sitting MP Manoj Tiwari.
Kanhaiya also featured in the roadshow led by the AAP chief.
Earlier, on Tuesday, the AAP claimed that the BJP-NDA at the Centre was characterised by ‘incompetence and misgovernance’, adding that the people of Delhi will teach the ruling party a ‘hard lesson’ in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
The ruling party in the national capital also hit back at Union Minister Amit Shah for labelling the AAP as a party mired in corruption.
Earlier, the Union Home Minister launched a scathing attack on the CM, saying he had never seen a man, who took as many ‘U-turns’ as Arvind Kejriwal.
Accusing Kejriwal of scams worth crores, the Union Home Minister said, “I have never seen a more shameless person in my life (than Kejriwal). After Lalu-ji was sentenced (in the fodder case), he stepped down as (Bihar) CM. However, Kejriwal continues to cling on to his chair.”(ANI)
‘Modi govt marred by incompetence’
Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre is marred by incompetence and misgovernance, adding that the people of Delhi will teach the ruling party a hard lesson in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The ruling party in Delhi hit out at Union Minister Amit Shah after he said that AAP is a corrupt party.
“It is ironic that the most corrupt party in Indian history (BJP) is calling others corrupt. If any of the leaders of Aam Aadmi Party were corrupt, they would’ve joined the BJP and come out clean from its washing machine. All investigations, all cases would’ve been dropped like it happened in the case of Ajit Pawar, Prafful Patel, Chagan Bhujbal and countless others,” AAP said in a statement.
“Unlike the BJP jumlas, Arvind Kejriwal ji has fulfilled all the guarantees, whether it is free electricity, water, education, health care, pilgrimage for the elderly etc & has now guaranteed 1000 rupees to each woman every month,” it added.
AAP further said that “Home Minister Amit shah has always duped the public with false promises”.
“Modi government is marred by incompetence and mis-governance with demonetization, massive reduction in manufacturing sector leading to large scale closure of MSMEs, causing extreme distress to businessmen, bulldozing of properties, the list is endless. The people of Delhi will teach BJP a hard lesson this Lok Sabha elections,” the party said.
Earlier, Union Home Minister on Monday launched scathing attacks on Aam Aadmi Party and said that he has never seen a man who took U-turns like Arvind Kejriwal in politics.
Addressing a public meeting in support of BJP South-Delhi candidate Ramvir Singh Bidhuri today, Shah said, “I have never seen a man who took U-turns like Kejriwal in politics. He left his job and formed an NGO and took an oath that he would not enter politics. In November 2022, he formed the AAP party by sidelining Anna Hazare.”
Further, the Home Minister said that Kejriwal has committed so many scams worth crores of rupees in Delhi.
“I have never seen a shameless person like him in my life. When Lalu ji went to jail, he resigned. When Jayalalitha also went to jail, she resigned. But Kejriwal is a leader who is still sitting on the CM chair,” he said. Voting in Delhi for all seven Lok Sabha seats will be held in a single phase on May 25. (ANI)
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