NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bhartiya Janata Party and said that there will be no democracy left if the trend of arresting chief ministers of opposition parties and later asking them to resign starts.
“They will arrest (Tamil Nadu CM M K) Stalin, (Telangana CM) Revanth Reddy, (Punjab CM) Bhagwant Mann and ask them to resign.Like this, no party (other than the BJP) will be left. What kind of a joke is this? File two false FIRs and ask them to resign,” AAP leader said.
If this trend starts, “there will be no democracy, no mandate of people”, he said, and questioned, “Will we work according to BJP?”
Sanjay Singh also assured that his jailed party colleagues, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and former minister Satyendar Jain, will also be released soon and said that the BJP will not be successful if it thinks that it can stop Kejriwal from working for the people of Delhi by putting him in jail.
“This country’s dictatorial government will have to understand that AAP was born out of a movement. Arvind Kejriwal, Satyendar Jain, Manish Sisodia will soon get justice and come out of jail and will fight with more strength,” he said.
“We have always raised our voice against atrocities, injustice and dictatorship. Be it farmers’ issues, price rise, Manipur violence or issues related to Delhi, we have always spoken about them and will continue doing so even after six months,” he said.
Referring to former BJP national president Bangaru Laxman who was convicted in a corruption case, Rajya Sabha MP labelled BJP as “Bangaru Janata Party.”
Singh reiterated his party’s stand about Kejriwal not resigning as chief minister. Earlier this month, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had said that “government won’t be run from jail” in the aftermath of the arrest of Kejriwal.
Dismissing Saxena’s assertion, the Rajya Sabha member said, “Has Delhi LG chosen Kejriwal? Delhi’s two crore people have chosen Kejriwal to give free education, free water, free bus rides, and employment for the youth. CM Arvind Kejriwal is doing the best in the country. Should he resign because BJP is saying so? They will start a trend like this.
“We only have to fight them to save the country’s democracy,” he asserted.
Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court after he was arrested on October 4 last year in connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh said the six months he spent in jail boosted his morale and strengthened his resolve to raise his voice against “injustice and dictatorship”.
Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia have also been arrested in the same case, while Satyendar Jain is in jail in connection with a separate money laundering case.
“They will arrest (Tamil Nadu CM M K) Stalin, (Telangana CM) Revanth Reddy, (Punjab CM) Bhagwant Mann and ask them to resign.Like this, no party (other than the BJP) will be left. What kind of a joke is this? File two false FIRs and ask them to resign,” AAP leader said.
If this trend starts, “there will be no democracy, no mandate of people”, he said, and questioned, “Will we work according to BJP?”
Sanjay Singh also assured that his jailed party colleagues, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and former minister Satyendar Jain, will also be released soon and said that the BJP will not be successful if it thinks that it can stop Kejriwal from working for the people of Delhi by putting him in jail.
“This country’s dictatorial government will have to understand that AAP was born out of a movement. Arvind Kejriwal, Satyendar Jain, Manish Sisodia will soon get justice and come out of jail and will fight with more strength,” he said.
“We have always raised our voice against atrocities, injustice and dictatorship. Be it farmers’ issues, price rise, Manipur violence or issues related to Delhi, we have always spoken about them and will continue doing so even after six months,” he said.
Referring to former BJP national president Bangaru Laxman who was convicted in a corruption case, Rajya Sabha MP labelled BJP as “Bangaru Janata Party.”
Singh reiterated his party’s stand about Kejriwal not resigning as chief minister. Earlier this month, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had said that “government won’t be run from jail” in the aftermath of the arrest of Kejriwal.
Dismissing Saxena’s assertion, the Rajya Sabha member said, “Has Delhi LG chosen Kejriwal? Delhi’s two crore people have chosen Kejriwal to give free education, free water, free bus rides, and employment for the youth. CM Arvind Kejriwal is doing the best in the country. Should he resign because BJP is saying so? They will start a trend like this.
“We only have to fight them to save the country’s democracy,” he asserted.
Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court after he was arrested on October 4 last year in connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh said the six months he spent in jail boosted his morale and strengthened his resolve to raise his voice against “injustice and dictatorship”.
Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia have also been arrested in the same case, while Satyendar Jain is in jail in connection with a separate money laundering case.
