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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. PTI File Photo.
On the eve of a special Assembly session, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal released a video message on Thursday to declare his intentions of exposing the conspiracy behind the arrest of ruling party MLAs in false cases.
In the message uploaded on social media, Kejriwal said, at 5 pm on Friday he would reveal details of the plot behind harassing legislators and creating hurdles for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in running the capital city.
“Whatever I am going to say is very important for democracy. Please do see it either on TV or the Internet,” said Kejriwal in a message, which coincided with the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) questioning his handpicked chief of Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal, about an alleged ‘job scam’.
Maliwal also tweeted that she cooperated with ACB interrogators and was even ready to go to jail if proved guilty. Kejriwal’s two-minute video set the stage for an action-packed one-day sitting of the Assembly as the chief minister made it clear that harassment of MLAs through arrests was a ploy by the central government to create problems in governance and discredit the AAP government.
Later in the evening, Kejriwal tweeted and appreciated the Army action against the terror camps near LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. In his earlier video message, the Chief Minister said the AAP government’s work was being appreciated the world over but the central government was hell bent on defaming it and creating hurdles in its working.
“The power rates have come down, water has been made free, 263 colonies have got new water pipes, schools and hospitals have undergone a sea change. Yet they (central government) are not hesitating in interfering in our working,” he said in his message in Hindi.
Referring to the arrest of MLAs on allegedly false cases, Kejriwal said: ”In many cases, they have been pulled up by courts but they are not stopping.” Soon after Health Minister Satyendar Jain got summons from the Income Tax department on Tuesday, an angry Kejriwal tweeted: “False cases against AAP MLAs n ministers, FIR against me, CBI raid on me - why? A v big conspiracy. Will expose in Del Assembly on Fri.” Jain has claimed innocence despite allegations of wrongdoings like money laundering to the tune of Rs 17 crore.
In the message uploaded on social media, Kejriwal said, at 5 pm on Friday he would reveal details of the plot behind harassing legislators and creating hurdles for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in running the capital city.
“Whatever I am going to say is very important for democracy. Please do see it either on TV or the Internet,” said Kejriwal in a message, which coincided with the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) questioning his handpicked chief of Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal, about an alleged ‘job scam’.
Maliwal also tweeted that she cooperated with ACB interrogators and was even ready to go to jail if proved guilty. Kejriwal’s two-minute video set the stage for an action-packed one-day sitting of the Assembly as the chief minister made it clear that harassment of MLAs through arrests was a ploy by the central government to create problems in governance and discredit the AAP government.
Later in the evening, Kejriwal tweeted and appreciated the Army action against the terror camps near LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. In his earlier video message, the Chief Minister said the AAP government’s work was being appreciated the world over but the central government was hell bent on defaming it and creating hurdles in its working.
“The power rates have come down, water has been made free, 263 colonies have got new water pipes, schools and hospitals have undergone a sea change. Yet they (central government) are not hesitating in interfering in our working,” he said in his message in Hindi.
Referring to the arrest of MLAs on allegedly false cases, Kejriwal said: ”In many cases, they have been pulled up by courts but they are not stopping.” Soon after Health Minister Satyendar Jain got summons from the Income Tax department on Tuesday, an angry Kejriwal tweeted: “False cases against AAP MLAs n ministers, FIR against me, CBI raid on me - why? A v big conspiracy. Will expose in Del Assembly on Fri.” Jain has claimed innocence despite allegations of wrongdoings like money laundering to the tune of Rs 17 crore.
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