Launching a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government and the Congress over the AgustaWestland copter scam, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Prime Minister does not have
Launching a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government and the Congress over the AgustaWestland copter scam, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Prime Minister does not have enough the courage to arrest Congress president Sonia Gandhi and that the two parties have an alliance in corruption.
Mr Kejriwal was addressing a protest rally at Jantar Mantar by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) demanding the arrest of Mrs Gandhi for interrogation.
Questioning the silence of the Congress on the issue of Mr Modi’s alleged fake degree, Mr Kejriwal also said that the two parties had an arrangement that the BJP government will not arrest Mrs Gandhi in the copter scam and the Congress will not raise the matter of Mr Modi’s educational qualification.
“The Italian court order also has names of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, certain officers and Congressmen, but Modi is not able to gather enough courage to arrest Sonia Gandhi, to ask her even two questions, to interrogate her. Modiji, you have been made PM to take action... not to leave the task for the Italy court. Our chest would also be of 56 inches if you would have sent her to jail. When my PM says that Italy’s court is taking Gandhi’s name not and not him, I want to ask Modiji, ‘Why are you scared of her ’” Mr Kejriwal asked.
Questioning the progress of investigation in the case, Mr Kejriwal alleged that there hasn’t been an inch of movement on the probe despite the Modi government coming to power on the assurance that the corrupt will be taken to task. “What investigation did they do in the AgustaWestland case in two years The Italian government completed its investigation, filed the cases in court, judgment came and those who were involved in paying bribe were sent to jail,” he said.
The AAP chief pointed that during the 2014 general election campaign, Mr Modi said that he will take action against the Congress president’s son-in-law Robert Vadra for alleged irregularities in the land deal, but despite being in power for two years, and having state governments in Haryana and Rajasthan, he (Mr Vadra) hasn’t been interrogated even once.
It is believed that the attack by Mr Kejriwal was designed in view of next year’s Punjab Assembly polls. The AAP working hard to come to power in Punjab and the ruling Akali-BJP alliance and the Congress are major challenges. Mr Kejriwal and the AAP know that any one can be a possible threat and also in position to derail the party’s ambitious plan to form government in Punjab.
For many, the aggression of Mr Kejriwal in attacking the Congress and the BJP will continue till the Punjab election. “Going by Mr Kejriwal’s style of politics, it is difficult to see this aggression maintained for long. After Punjab, his aggression against the Congress will came down,” said a senior leader.
