Anyone from AAP could now be arrested, BJP scared of losing Gujarat: Kejriwal

Anyone from the AAP could be jailed on false charges as the BJP is making all out efforts to crush the party fearing defeat in the upcoming Gujarat assembly polls Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on WednesdayKejriwals comments come a day after the CBI arrested AAPs communications incharge Vijay Nair in connection with the Delhi excise policy case in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is also an accusedIn a digital address Kejriwal claimed that Nair was arrested by the CBI following several rounds of questioning after he refused to buckle under the agencys pressure to give a false statement against Sisodia to implicate him in the excise policy scamNair was arrested for his alleged role in cartelisation and conspiracy related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of liquor licenses in the capital according to sourcesAlso Read AAP will implement old pension scheme if elected in Gujarat Arvind KejriwalSlamming the BJPled Centre over Nairs arrest Kejriwal charged They are extremely rattled and have gone crazy as the popularity graph of the Aam Aadmi Party in Gujarat is rising each day at a very fast pace People of Gujarat are coming out in the streets and openly criticising them BJPThe AAP national convenor claimed that Nair had nothing to do with the alleged liquor policy scam but was arrested by the CBI as he refused to give in to their pressure to give a false statement against Sisodia in order to implicate him in the caseFirst Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was arrested then AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and now Nair on completely false charges Kejriwal saidNext week they are going to arrest Sisodia If they can arrest a small party worker like Nair they can arrest anybody he saidKejriwal accused the BJPled Centre of hatching a conspiracy 24X7 to frame AAP leaders in false cases fearing their defeat in the upcoming Gujarat assembly electionsThe BJPled government at the Centre is engaged in playing dirty politics and wasting their time instead of providing relief to the people of the country from the problems like price rise and unemployment he addedNair was a small party worker and took care of the partys communications related work He did very well in Punjab and was currently engaged in preparing the partys communications strategy for GujaratThe CBI which was calling and questioning him for the past few days was putting pressure on him to name Sisodia in the case he chargedBut he is a true worker of the AAP He refused to lie Hence they arrested him he addedKejriwal said the AAP is fighting a second battle for Indias freedom and exhorted his party leaders and workers to remain prepared to go to jail and even make supreme sacrifices taking inspiration from iconic freedom fighter Bhagat SinghThis is the second battle for freedom Bhagat Singh had fought for Indias freedom from British We have to fight for the countrys freedom from those looting it and purchasing MLAs openly Kejriwal saidIn the past 75 years first one party looted the country and now another party is looting it We have to save the country from them he said in a veiled reference to the Congress regime in past and that of the BJP at presentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever