'Scared' of AAP-Congress Tie Up, BJP Trying to Get Kejriwal Arrested: Saurabh Bharadwaj

Aam Aadmi Party minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government is scared of the AAP-Congress alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He alleged that it was using the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to get Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrested.

Neither the BJP nor the CBI gave an immediate reaction the Kejriwal-led party’s allegations.

Bharadwaj, while addressing a press conference in the national capital, said as soon as reports of the finalisation of seat-sharing talks between AAP and the grand old party started coming in, the Enforcement Directorate sent a seventh summons to Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.

He further alleged that the party, from “reliable sources” has learnt that the “CBI is planning to arrest Kejriwal”, adding that it “will also serve a notice to Kejriwal either this afternoon or by evening.”

In the next two to three days, Kejriwal will be arrested, he claimed.

“We are getting messages that if the AAP-Congress alliance happens, Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested. The BJP is scared of the AAP-Congress alliance. You can arrest Kejriwal if you want but the alliance will proceed,” he said.

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak said people will take to the streets if Kejriwal is arrested.

“There will be a tsunami (of people). Their (BJP) political calculations will go wrong. We are not scared of being arrested. We are forging this alliance for the country,” he added.

Meanwhile, Delhi minister Gopal Rai also launched a scathing at the saffron party and alleged the Centre is planning to arrest AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal through CBI.

“BJP has been frustrated ever since the opposition formed the INDIA bloc.The BJP-led central government has been planning to arrest Arvind Kejriwal by serving him a notice through CBI. We got to know that a notice is being prepared under CrPC 41A and thereafter, they plan to arrest him,” he alleged.

Rai further claimed that despite raids by the central agencies at various places linked to AAP leaders, no evidence of corruption was found against them.

“AAP will fight the elections as a part of the INDIA bloc and no one can stop us,” he added.