A day after being released from Tihar Jail on interim bail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a scathing attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party and predicted that if the party comes to power again, it will oust Yogi Adityanath as the Uttar Pradesh CM.
Addressing a press conference, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor also claimed that all Opposition leaders and the top brasses would be arrested under PM’s ‘one nation, one leader’ mission.
Kejriwal alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making way for Union Home Minister Amit Shah, to be the next PM. “These people ask INDIA bloc about their face. I ask BJP who will be their PM? Modi ji is turning 75 on September 17 next year. He had made the rule that people aged 75 will be retired. They retired LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan.”
He will retire next year, the AAP chief said, adding that the Prime Miniser is seeking votes for making Amit Shah the prime minister. “Will Shah fulfill Modiji’s guarantee?” he asked.
The Delhi CM alleged that the saffron camp is brushing aside the political career of its veteran leaders such as LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.
“Politics of LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, former BJP chief ministers, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje, ML Khattar, and Raman Singh have been finished. The next is Yogi Adityanath. If they win this election, they will change the CM of Uttar Pradesh within two months,” Kejriwal said in his big prediction.
He also issued a warning to the Opposition leaders, including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, saying that they would be sent to jail in case the BJP-led NDA comes to power after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
“They will send opposition leaders to jail and will finish them (nipta denge)… Our ministers, Hemant Soren (former Jharkhand CM), ministers of Mamata Banerjee’s party (Trinamool Congress) are in jail… If they (BJP) win again, then Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan, Uddhav Thackeray (UBT Chief) and other opposition leaders will all be in jail,” the AAP national convenor said.
Taking a swipe at the BJP, he said that all “thieves and dacoits” are being taken into the party. “You include all thieves in your party and send Kejriwal to jail, this is not a fight against corruption… By arresting Kejriwal they have given the message that if Kejriwal is arrested then they will arrest anyone. The name of this mission is ‘One Nation One Leader,” Kejriwal added.
He alleged that PM Modi has “left no stone unturned to crush the AAP by send its four top leaders to jail”.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted Kejriwal interim bail till June 1, paving way for his release nearly two months after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with excise policy-linked money laundering case.
Notably, the AAP chief has to surrender on June 2, two days before the results. He will not perform chief minister’s duties during this period.
(With inputs from agencies)
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