AAP will run a signature campaign from December 1 to 20 to get people’s feedback on whether Arvind Kejriwal should resign as Delhi Chief Minister if he is arrested under a “conspiracy by the BJP,” the party’s city convener, Gopal Rai, said on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference along with party MP Raghav Chadha, Rai alleged the BJP has hatched a conspiracy to get Kejriwal arrested under the “fake” liquor scam case with the hope of finishing the Aam Aadmi Party.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva hit back, saying Kejriwal should train his volunteers to answer when people ask them about the “corruption” and “failure” of his government to develop the city.
“AAP leaders are free to go home to home to carry out a signature campaign, but when they go to people, they should be prepared to answer people’s questions on how party leaders did the liquor scam, jal board scam, tanker scam, panic button scam, school room scam, and how they have played with the livelihoods of contractual workers like civil defence volunteers, guest teachers, and paramedical staff,» he said.
Under the “Mai Bhi Kejriwal” campaign from Friday, AAP volunteers will carry pamphlets to get the signatures of people at all the 2,600 polling stations across the city, asking for their opinion on whether Kejriwal should step down as Delhi chief minister if he is arrested, he said.
Rai said Kejriwal had met AAP MLAs and councillors seeking their opinion on the issue, and there was a consensus that he should not resign and run the government from jail.
He said from December 21 to December 24, 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 on whether he should resign as Delhi chief minister if he gets arrested.