Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 26 launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), calling its leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, full of arrogance. Kejriwal urged the people of Punjab to defeat the “arrogant BJP” in the upcoming elections.
Addressing a gathering of traders in Ferozepur, Kejriwal said, “… while the God has created the whole universe, the BJP people have now started thinking that Modi ji has created the universe. Therefore, it is very important for the country to defeat the arrogant BJP.”
Kejriwal praised the people of Punjab for their significant contributions to the Indian freedom struggle, and appealed to them to save the country once again by defeating the BJP.
“Today the Constitution and democracy of the country are in danger. To save it, you will have to come forward again. If we do not defeat Narendra Modi this time, then democracy and Constitution will be destroyed. Then the situation in the country will become like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Russia,” he said.
Kejriwal further alleged that the BJP is conducting the elections dictatorially. “Before the elections, I and three big leaders of my party, Sanjay Singh, Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain were put in jail. In Maharashtra, they broke Shiv Sena and the NCP. In Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren was put in jail. You tell me, is this the way to contest elections in a democratic country?” Kejriwal questioned.
Kejriwal warned that if Modi wins the election, he will change the Constitution, end the electoral system, and abolish reservations for backward classes and Scheduled Castes.
“Therefore, in this election, we have to end dictatorship by any means,” Kejriwal concluded.
