JOIN USChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the central government may soon try to pull down his government as it has done in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Kejriwal criticised the Narendra Modi government for wasting its energy on irrelevant issues and hit out at the Prime Minister’s decision to invite a Pakistani team to probe the Pathankot terror attack.
Concluding the discussion on Motion of Thanks on Lieutenant Governor’s address in Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal said: “An Intelligence Bureau official told me that the next turn is that of Himachal Pradesh and Delhi governments,” he said.
“First, the 21 AAP MLAs serving as Parliamentary Secretaries may be disqualified. Next, a top industrialist would be tasked to buy over 23 out of the remaining 46 AAP legislators to pull down the government,” said Kejriwal.
“But I challenge if they can buy over even one AAP MLA. They failed to win support of four AAP MLAs during the last hung Assembly to form a government and they will be unsuccessful once again,” he said.
The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party members walked out of the House, saying the discussion on Motion of Thanks on Lieutenant Governor’s address was being politicised by mentioning issues not related with his inaugural speech on March 21.
Kejriwal showcased his government’s development model and the “people-friendly” Budget presented on Monday before advising the BJP-led central government to give up “arrogance” which was similar to that of the UPA regime, and change its course for public welfare.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader also warned Modi against striking a deal with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and that country’s spy agency ISI, which is part of the team invited to probe the Pathankot terror attack.
“India has been a victim of terrorism all these years. Why are the masterminds of these attacks not being probed by Indian agencies in Pakistan?,” he said, questioning the central government’s decision.
“Why can’t our CBI or IB question Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin in Pakistan?” asked Kejriwal.
“When my office needs to be raided then the CBI is used but not to probe terror attack... the country will not remain silent on the disrespect shown to martyrs,” he said.
He said Modi was either trying to win a Nobel Peace Prize or appease the United States, which he is visiting.
Deal with Sharif
Modi may have struck a deal with Sharif to get some business tycoon access to Pakistan markets, he said.
Kejrwal slammed the BJP government for wasting its energy on issues like “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and the cow.
“So much has been done by our government. The country and other countries are looking up to our development model,” he said referring to his administration in Delhi. “The people are not happy with BJP’s work,” he said, accusing the BJP government at the Centre of not delivering after showing dreams of development and checking corruption.