AAP alleges conspiracy to arrest Kejriwal, cites Amit Shah interview
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of conspiring to arrest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The party's allegation stems from an interview given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to a news channel.
Addressing a press conference, AAP leader Atishi claimed that Shah, in the interview, admitted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) intended to arrest Kejriwal from the very first time it sent him a summons.
"Since the day Kejriwal started getting ED summons, AAP openly said that this was a conspiracy to arrest him," Atishi said.
She further alleged that the ED summonses were not independent investigations but rather "BJP summonses."
"Even then BJP spokespersons used to say that ED is an independent investigation agency and they have nothing to do with the summons," she added.
Atishi claimed that the BJP fears Kejriwal's ability to expose their "10 years of misrule."
"Amit Shah himself said that the BJP-ruled central government and their ED had the intention from the very first day to arrest Shri Arvind Kejriwal and put him in jail," she said.
She further alleged that the summonses were a pretext to call Kejriwal and arrest him.