Arrest of Kejriwal to divert attention from electoral bonds scam: Kerala CM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the electoral bonds scam is the biggest corruption ever witnessed in India and added the BJP government at the Centre arrested his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to divert attention from the same reported news agency PTIAddressing the third consecutive rally organised by the CPIM against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act CAA on Sunday Vijayan alleged the BJPled Central government and the Sangh Parivar give scant regard to the rule of the law in the country reported PTIHe alleged that the Sangh Parivar was trying to take control of the Constitutional institutions and even threatening the countrys judiciaryThe Union government BJP Sangh Parivar they all very well know that the Supreme Court order on the electoral bond scam was harmful to them They wanted to divert the attention from this topic and for that they have arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Vijayan said reported PTIThe chief minister said when the idea of electoral bonds was floated the CPIM had opposed it as it was a tool for corruption and moved the Supreme Court against itThe electoral bonds scam is the biggest corruption ever witnessed in India How did they get the courage to engage in such blatant corruption They BJP thought they would never be questioned he added reported PTIWith the arrest of Kejriwal Vijayan said the Sangh Parivar was trying to send a message that they are above the law of the land and will do anything to implement their agendaTalking about the antiCAA protests of 2019 and the subsequent violence and riot in Delhi the chief minister referred to the inflammatory slogans of Union Minister Anurag Thakur and said it was the CPIM which went on to file a case against him reported PTIVijayan also attacked the Congress over its stand on the CAAHe alleged that at a time when the whole country was protesting against the contentious Act the Congress MPs were participating in a feast organised by the party presidentDuring the protests none of the Congress leaders were present Rahul Gandhi was abroad It was the Left leaders who were arrested by the Delhi Police At that time we had only one MP A M Arif from Alappuzha who spoke against the CAA Now the Congress leaders are saying that they had opposed the Act technically Vijayan said reported PTIThe chief minister alleged that the Sangh Parivar unleashed violence upon the antCAA protesters in Delhi and the BJP government at the Centre gave silent permission to the riotersAround 53 people were killed many went missing over hundreds were injured in the riots The houses shops establishments of numerous Muslims were attacked in the violence orchestrated by the Sangh Parivar he said reported PTIVijayan said the CAA was an RSS agenda being implemented by the BJP governmentThe Left party is organising massive antiCAA rallies at five places in the state The first rally was held in Kozhikode on March 22 A rally was held in Kasaragod district on Saturday Two more rallies will be held in the coming days in Malappuram and KollamThe CAA was passed in December 2019 and it subsequently got the Presidents assent but there were protests in several parts of the country against it with many opposition parties speaking out against the law calling it discriminatory reported PTIThe CAA aims to expedite citizenship for undocumented nonMuslim migrants from Pakistan Bangladesh and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31 2014With inputs from PTI