On a day when Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s ED custody has been extended till April 1 in the excise policy case, BJP mounted pressure on the AAP convenor to resign on moral grounds as the head of the state’s elected government.
Accusing the AAP leader of duplicity in words and actions, BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia said whatever he has so far in public life he has done the opposite of it.
He said Kejriwal should resign from the chief minister’s post as he cannot run the government from the lock up. “There are 1.5 crore people in the city and they are the responsibility of the Chief Minister of the elected government. If you cannot give any orders from jail, then how will you serve the public? Arvind Kejriwal cheats everyone,” Bhatia said.
“The Chief Minister, who takes oath to protect the Constitution, why he violated the Constitution to skip nine summons. It means Arvind Kejriwal is scared. He knows that he is involved in corruption, now the investigating agency has solid evidence against him,” Bhatia added.
“Whatever he has said till now, he has done the opposite in public life,” he said, adding, “He should resign on moral grounds. Arvind Kejriwal came from the movement which was taken out against corruption and he himself had called Sharad Pawar, Lalu Prasad Yadav and even Sonia Gandhi corrupt. Today, he (Kejriwal) has compromised with them. If he has even an iota of morality left in him, he should resign,” Bhatia added.
The probe agency had arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case. A Delhi court on Thursday extended the ED’s custodial remand of Kejriwal by four more days in a money laundering case related to Excise Policy.