Modi frustrated, may get me killed: Arvind Kejriwal

Targeting the Centre for the arrest of AAP MLAs and controversy surrounding MP Bhagwant Mann, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is so “frustrated” that he can even get him killed. Slamming the Centre for not allowing the Delhi government to function smoothly, Mr Kejriwal in a 9.49 second video, which he uploaded on his Facebook account, asked his party MLAs to be prepared as everyone of them will eventually be sent to jail by Mr Modi.

Referring to the series of arrests of his party’s MLAs and workers in the last one-and-a-half years, Mr Kejriwal dubbed Mr Modi as the “mastermind” behind the “cycle of oppression” against them and alleged that he was hell bent on “vanquishing” the party.

“You have unleased your machinery — CBI, Delhi police, CBI and now IT — after our MLAs. But Mr Modi we are not scared of you,” Mr Kejriwal said.

Mr Kejriwal told AAP volunteers, MLAs and the Delhi government ministers that things will get worse in the coming days and exhorted them to “leave” for now if they are not strong enough. “I want to tell all the volunteers, MLAs and Ministers that this is a very critical period. You think over it, talk to your families. This is going to get worse in the coming days.

“He (Modi) can go to any extent and may get us killed. He may get me killed as well. Talk to your families and see if you are ready for the ultimate sacrifice. All the MLAs will anyway have to go to jail. If you are ready, then stay with us or if you have weaknesses, then leave,” he said.

Mr Kejriwal even accused the PM of acting in a “perpetual state of rage and anger”.

“For me, the biggest reason to worry is the fact that if a country’s PM starts taking decisions in anger then the country will be in danger. Who knows he might be doing the same when it comes to many such decisions. “The important question is whether the country is in safe hands or not Important thing is not the arrests of our MLAs. Is the country in safe hands ” he asked.

The CM referred to arrests of 10 MLAs, income tax raids on one legislator and attempts to disqualify 21 MLAs appointed as parliamentary secretaries to ministers through “false allegations”.

“You must have seen the attempts to crush the AAP. 10 MLAs have been arrested, IT raid has been conducted on one, and attempts are being made to disqualify 21 MLAs through false allegations of office-of-profit.

“This is like a cycle of oppression. I was wondering why is this happening. People question as to why I blame Modiji. I want to know who is the mastermind behind the raids by CBI, IT etc. Someone has to be the mastermind behind them. Who is the mastermind “Amit Shah, Modiji, PMO. All of them are together. Shah is doing it on Modiji’s prodding but it is happening from one source.

“Insiders say that Modiji is extremely angry with us and he is not thinking logically about it. Because daily arrests make no logic. Especially when all of them get bail within days and they could not prove a thing.

“He is not using his brain while dealing with us. Few people say he has been unable to digest the good work in Delhi, others say the defeat in Delhi, while the rest say it is due to the support we are getting in Punjab, Goa and Gujarat,” the CM said.