BJP conspiring to assassinate Kejriwal: Sisodia; saffron party rejects charge

Amid intense campaigning for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Friday alleged a BJP conspiracy to murder his partys convener and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a charge the saffron party denied saying Sisodia was reading an old scriptLatching on to remarks by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari the deputy chief minister also said his language betrays the conspiracy being hatched to assassinate Kejriwal and he should be investigatedThe highstakes MCD elections which will be held on December 4 is being seen as a threeway contest between the BJP the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party AAPShowing some old tweets by Sisodia claiming threat to Kejriwals life Tiwari at a press conference said He does this every year claiming murder threat to KejriwalI dont understand what is going on as Kejriwal claims Sisodia will be arrested Sisodia himself prophecies that Kejriwal will be murderedCiting the death of AAP leader Sandip Bhardwaj the North East BJP MP also alleged that it was not suicide but murder The top leadership of the AAP including Kejriwal were responsible for it Tiwari saidAlso Read NIAs plea against bail granted to Anand Teltumbde dismissedFiftyfiveyearold Bhardwaj was found hanging at his residence in west Delhis Rajouri Garden on Thursday and the BJP had demanded a thorough investigation into the matterBhardwaj was assured a ticket by the AAP for the MCD polls but it was later sold to someone forcing him to end his life Tiwari allegedThe BJP leader reiterated that he was concerned about Kejriwals security On Thursday Tiwari had triggered a row by saying that AAPs MLAs and party leaders were being thrashed by their supporters over selling of tickets for the municipal pollsI am concerned about the Kejriwals security because people and AAP volunteers are angry over sustained corruption selling of tickets friendship with rapist and massage in jail incidents Their MLAs too have been thrashed It should not happen with the chief minister of Delhi the MP had tweeted on ThursdayCiting Tiwaris remarks Sisodia told a press conference that his language betrays the conspiracy being hatched to assassinate Kejriwal and demanded the BJP MPs arrestThere should be a probe to unravel the conspiracy to kill Kejriwal said Sisodia who on Thursday too had levelled the same allegations on the BJP and TiwariThe AAP is not scared of such petty politics he asserted and added that BJP MP Tiwari should be arrested immediately and strict action should be taken against him since he has openly threatened to kill Chief Minister KejriwalHe should be interrogated about this conspiracy to get the entire information about the entire plot the deputy chief minister saidKejriwals politics is based on good governance and it has the trust of people and the BJP is ready to cross all limits by conspiring to kill him he saidThe BJP has no faith in democracy and their open threat to kill Kejriwal shows the party can go to any extent for power Sisodia saidIn the midst of the war words between the BJP and the AAP Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena according to sources in his office has directed the Delhi Police commissioner to keep a watch on related developments and ensure that any eventualityorchestrated or otherwise does not occurOn Sisodias allegations of murder conspiracy the BJP said AAP leaders were totally frustrated and alleged that Kejriwal for political gains and public sympathy could plan an attack on himselfAAP chief spokesperson and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj said a delegation will meet the Delhi State Election Commissioner to submit a complaint over the BJP conspiracy to assassinate KejriwalThere have been attacks on Kejriwal earlier also even in presence of Delhi Police personnel he claimed at a press conferenceLater the AAP filed a complaint with the State Election Commission against BJP MP Tiwari and other leaders over alleged death threats to KejriwalThis 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