In politically charged tone and tenor, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, claiming that the countdown of the BJP’s removal from power has begun. The assertion โAaj ke din se BJP ki ulti ginti shuru hogayi hai,โ comes two daysย after being discharged by a Delhi court in the liquor policy case.
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Addressing the party’s rally at Jantar Mantar here, AAP chief also trained guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and accused them of conspiring to frame him in the excise policy case.ย โBoth Modi and Amit Shah have for many years said that Kejriwal is corrupt and that he has taken bribes. But the judge told Modi, โYouโre wrong, Kejriwal is kattar imaandaar (stubbornly honest)โ,โ he said, adding that the trial courtโs order was a tight slap on the BJP.The 140 crore Indians will unite to uproot “dictatorial government from country,” said the AAP chief.
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A trial court on Friday granted the relief to Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the case and criticised the CBI, saying the charge sheet “suffers from internal contradictions, striking at the root of conspiracy theory.”ย “He sent Sonam Wangchuk to jail, who is a big scientist and worked for the education of children. Modi ji did not go to Parliament one day, fearing women MPs would assault him. He is scared of Trump, too,” Kejriwal stated.
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He also alleged that the BJP government removed thousands of bus marshals, drivers, conductors and Mohalla Clinic staff from jobs.Taking a dig at the “Viksit Bharat” vision of the Prime Minister, Kejriwal said people want a “Rahne Layak Bharat” (liveable India) and also took a swipe at the ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ programme addressed by Modi, saying he should stop the “drama” and focus on preventing paper leaks in exams.
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Kejriwal also slammed the BJP government in Delhi, saying the party ruined the city in its one-year rule, alleging that the roads were broken, the water supply was contaminated, and people were facing difficulty in breathing due to air pollution.He said the prime minister had nothing to do with the country, and he was after power only through “conspiracies” and manipulation in voter lists.”Modi ji, you can continue to work for power, and I will continue to work for the country,” Kejriwal said.
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Turning to national politics, he continued, “In 2014, people were fed up with the corruption of Congress. Remember 2G, coal scam, Commonwealth scam. They gave PM Modi a full majority government with great hope,” Kejriwal said.Several senior party leaders, including Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Manish Sisodia, Atishi, Sanjay Singh, and Saurabh Bharadwaj, also addressed the gathering at Jantar Mantar.Mann asserted Punjab will deliver 100 seats in the 2027 Assembly polls to AAP, marking the beginning of the end of the BJP’s “authoritarian rule” at the Centre.