Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Arvind Kejriwal claimed the ruling party in Gujarat is rattled, calling him a “megalomaniac” who is considering himself God after winning power in two states.
Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the AAP is resorting to the “old drama” it does before every state poll. AAP national convenor Kejriwal always claims before a state election that his party is winning and others are rattled, Patra said.
Talking to the media, Patra said that it seems Kejriwal’s certificate on honesty and dishonesty is more important than that of the judiciary, he said.
Patra also took a swipe at the Delhi chief minister, saying it was a matter of “surprise” that the AAP leader did not say that US President Joe Biden was also afraid of him.
The AAP has “disintegrated” in Himachal Pradesh and its president in Uttarakhand has quit the party even though Kejriwal made tall claims about his party’s prospects in these states, Patra said.
On Kejriwal’s claim that AAP was “kattar imandaar” (hardcore honest), he said that the party was in fact “kattar beimaan” and corrupt. He further accused Kejriwal of “glorifying” corruption.
These remarks came hours after Kejriwal accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of trying to “crush” the AAP in the name of fighting corruption as they feared a defeat in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections.
Addressing the first-ever national conclave of his party’s elected representatives, Kejriwal alleged that the Modi government has been trying to frame his party’s ministers and leaders in false corruption cases as the saffron party is “not able to digest the growing popularity of the AAP in Gujarat”.
