2024-03-23 17:28:48
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal condemned the arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam and accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of stooping to low levels for power. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, ‘The scared dictator wants to create a dead democracy. While capturing all the institutions including the media, breaking up the parties, extorting money from the companies, freeing the account of the main opposition party was not enough for the ‘devilish power’, now the arrest of the elected Chief Ministers has also become a common thing. INDIA will give a befitting reply to this. Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal tweeted, ‘Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by ED, the mother of democracy has shown that ED is her most obedient ‘son’! After the arrest of Kejriwal, reactions of leaders of many opposition parties have come to light. Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) President Sharad Pawar condemned the arrest of Kejriwal and said that it shows how low the BJP has stooped for power. Has been. He posted on social media platform ‘X’, ‘The arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shows to what extent the BJP can stoop to power. The ‘India’ alliance is united against this unconstitutional action against Arvind Kejriwal. Party spokesperson Clyde Christo said, ‘The ED raid on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is a systematic and planned move by the BJP. It is clear and known that the opposition and all people of India who speak against the BJP are targeted using central agencies.
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‘Kejriwal’s arrest part of the ‘continued harassment’ of the opposition.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President M.K. Stalin also condemned Kejriwal’s arrest and called it part of the ‘continued harassment’ of the opposition. ‘Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections,’ he posted on After being arrested she has drowned in the depths of hatred. Stalin said, ‘Not a single BJP leader faces investigation or arrest, which exposes the abuse of power and the decline of democracy. The continuous harassment of opposition leaders by the BJP government reeks of frustration. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Goa unit president Amit Palekar said the action was to stop Kejriwal from campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He said that we will approach the Supreme Court against this.
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‘End of democracy in the country’
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) termed Kejriwal’s arrest as the ‘end of democracy’ in the country and attacked the Center for ‘scripting the arrest’ in the same manner as it did with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren a month ago. Was. JMM spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya launched a scathing attack on the Center for ‘scripting the arrest’, saying that those who are vocal and the entire opposition will also meet the same fate. He demanded that the election notification be canceled as ‘this is the end of democracy in India and there is no need for elections anymore.’ Bhattacharya said, ‘No protest will be allowed in the country and the day is not far when the headquarters of all opposition parties will be surrounded by central forces.’ He said, ‘Political vendetta is unprecedented… The Election Commission and the President of India should take a decision on whether the democratic process should continue in India or not.
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‘BJP is scared of the opposition’
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said Kejriwal’s arrest shows that the BJP is scared of the opposition and the party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is not even close to winning 400 Lok Sabha seats. The Rajya Sabha member termed it ‘murder of democracy’.
Chaturvedi said, ‘With the political arrest of another sitting chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, the BJP government, its extended portfolio, has made it clear that they are not even close to winning 400 seats.’ “They are afraid of the opposition, they know the only way to win is to silence or arrest the opposition,” he said in a post on ‘X’. It would be correct to call this the murder of democracy in India, not India the mother of democracy.
‘A barbaric act by BJP to silence the voice of opposition’
AAP leader and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann posted on Can.’ Raijor Dal president and MLA Akhil Gogoi, active in Assam, in a series of posts on ‘X’ criticized Kejriwal’s arrest and termed it an action by the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He said, ‘I condemn the arrest of my friend and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the ED. When Lok Sabha elections are round the corner, this is a barbaric act by the BJP to silence the voice of the opposition.
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‘Part of a deliberate attempt to suppress opposition voices’
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement issued in Thiruvananthapuram, ‘The arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is extremely objectionable. The move is part of a deliberate effort to suppress opposition voices at a time when the electoral process is gaining momentum. This shows the cowardice of those who are afraid of the democratic process. The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal also condemned Kejriwal’s arrest and wondered what would happen to democracy if opposition leaders and elected chief ministers were arrested ahead of elections. Derek O’Brien, the party’s leader in the Rajya Sabha, wondered who would stand with the people against the BJP’s repressive politics in the future if the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India fail to act now. O’Brien posted on ‘X’, ‘The election process has started. And now this! Heads of political parties, Chief Ministers, political leaders, election agents, workers, every opponent is being harassed and arrested like this. What will be the fate of our precious democracy?
‘…does not want to face her opponents democratically’
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav has accused the BJP-led NDA of ‘imposing undeclared emergency’ and ‘using investigative agencies and constitutional bodies’ to take on its rivals in the elections instead of taking on them politically. charged to. Yadav posted on ‘X’, ‘The arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind clearly shows that BJP does not want to face its opponents in the elections in a democratic manner. It wants to hide behind and depend more on investigating agencies and constitutional bodies. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury claimed that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are ‘nervous’ over the fear of people rejecting them in the Lok Sabha elections. He posted on ‘X’, ‘Strongly condemn the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal by ED. He is the second sitting Chief Minister of India to be arrested. It is clear that Modi and BJP are scared of being rejected by the people in the current elections.
‘This arrest will give birth to a new people’s revolution’
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said Kejriwal’s arrest would ‘give birth to a new people’s revolution’. He posted on She wants to remove the leaders from the public by any means, arrest is just an excuse. This arrest will give birth to a new people’s revolution. People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said Kejriwal’s arrest smacks of political vendetta and growing authoritarianism. Opposition RJD president in Bihar and former Union minister Lalu Prasad condemned Kejriwal’s arrest and criticized the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. The RJD chief claimed in a post on ‘X’ that this helpless Modi government, caught in the fear of defeat, has been and will continue to sabotage democracy. Their departure is certain, that is why there is so much fear among them. Meanwhile, AAP leaders from Punjab and Haryana also condemned Kejriwal’s arrest.