Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched a scathing attack on PM Narendra Modi and the BJP a day after being released from Tihar jail.
Published May 11, 2024 | 5:14 PM ⚊ Updated May 11, 2024 | 5:14 PM
Arvind Kejriwal attacks BJP and PM Modi
A day after he was granted interim bail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, 11 May said that all opposition leaders, including his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and RJD leader Tejashvi Yadav, will be in jail if the BJP-led NDA wins the Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing his party workers at the AAP headquarters in Delhi, Kejriwal asserted the BJP will not return to power and said the INDIA bloc will form the government on June 4. “In the last 20 hours after release from jail, I talked to poll experts and people and got to know the BJP is not going to form the government,” said the AAP leader.
“The AAP will be part of the government at the Centre. We will get full statehood for Delhi,” he added.
Criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for seeking votes for Union Minister Amit Shah, Arvind Kejriwal asked, “These people ask INDIA bloc about their face. I ask the BJP, who will be their PM?
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Talking about the BJP’s rule that people aged 75 would be retired, he said, “Modi ji is turning 75 in September next year. He had made the rule that people aged 75 would be retired. They retired LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan.”
The AAP leader further asked, “He(PM Modi) will retire next year. He is seeking votes for making Amit Shah the Prime Minister. Will Shah fulfil Modiji”s guarantee?” Kejriwal also claimed that if the BJP comes to power, the party will change the Uttar Pradesh chief minister within two months.
After being in Tihar jail for 50 days, Arvind Kejriwal was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on 10 May. While he was in jail, the BJP demanded his resignation. Elaborating on why he didn’t resign, he said, “The Chief Minister’s post is not important to me. I did not step down as the CM because a conspiracy was hatched to force me to resign on a fake case.”
Attacking the BJP and PM Narendra Modi, the Delhi CM said all “thieves and dacoits” are inducted by the party. “If the prime minister wants to learn about fighting corruption, he should learn from Arvind Kejriwal. We sent corrupt to jail and even our (AAP) own ministers,” he added.
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