The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said it will conduct a signature campaign from December 1 to 20 to seek people's views on whether Arvind Kejriwal should resign as Delhi chief minister if he is arrested on charges of “conspiracy by the BJP”.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP's city president Gopal Rai alleged that the BJP has hatched a conspiracy to get Kejriwal arrested in the “fake” liquor scam case, hoping to end the Aam Aadmi Party.
Under the 'Mai Bhi Kejriwal' campaign, AAP volunteers will carry pamphlets to get the signatures of people at all 2,600 polling stations in the city, seeking their views on whether Kejriwal should resign as Prime Minister of Delhi if he is arrested. Rai said at a press conference in Delhi.
“The way the central government is stopping the work of the AAP government and conspiring to end our party. Fake corruption cases are being registered and our leaders are being arrested. They are now preparing for the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal,” Gopal Rai said. .
Kejriwal had met the party MLAs and councilors to seek their views on the issue and there was consensus that he should not resign and run the government from jail, he added.
From December 21 to 24, the AAP will hold “Jan Samvad” in every ward of the city to discuss the alleged liquor scam with people as well as “the BJP's conspiracy to get Kejriwal arrested and seek their opinion if he should resign as Delhi CM. if he is arrested, the Delhi minister also said.
Earlier in November, Kejriwal was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. He refused to appear before the ED and demanded that it withdraw his notice, claiming it was “illegal and politically motivated”.
AAP leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said there should be a complete stop to the daily issues with governors and lieutenant governors.
“The tradition of state governments once again approaching the Supreme Court for protection of the constitutional framework is wrong. There must be a complete end to the daily drama staged by the governors and lieutenant governors. Governors are not allowed to hold bills indefinitely. But the central government has not taken any concrete action,” Bharadwaj said.
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Updated: Nov 30, 2023 6:57 PM IST