New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged a nexus between the BJP and the Congress, questioning why no “big leader” of the grand old party had been arrested in the National Herald case.
Kejriwal met AAP MLAs and councillors at the Constitution Club here and referred to the recent Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the residence of the party’s Delhi unit chief, Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Recalling how the ED tried to intimidate the AAP leader, the party chief said, “They told him that if he did not comply, it would not be good for him. Saurabh Bharadwaj replied fearlessly that ever since Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Sanjay Singh, and Vijay Nair were jailed, he knew his turn would also come.”
Kejriwal told his party to never “compromise”.
“The 2G case was shut down, and the coal scam case was shut down. Even people are talking about the nexus between the Congress and the BJP. We came into politics for the love of the country and not for compromise. We will keep fighting for the nation. You should never compromise for the sake of party, power, yourself or your family,” he said.
Slamming the BJP government in Delhi, he said they “ruined” the national capital and people were missing the AAP government.
“People are saying that if elections happen today, AAP will win 70 seats. While we were in power, there were no power cuts. I stay in Lutyens Delhi, and there are at least five times during the day when there is a power cut.
“There are power cuts, private schools have hiked fees, roads are broken, sewers are jammed. They are demolishing jhuggis (slums) and have made life difficult for the poor,” he charged.
Kejriwal also alleged that the Chief Minister Rekha Gupta-led government was also planning to end the electricity subsidy in Delhi.
