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Lok Sabha elections 2019| ‘If BJP comes back to power, Rahul Gandhi will be responsible’: Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi chief minister also hit out at the BJP, accusing the ruling party of fulfilling Pakistan’s agenda of “dividing the country”.
“If the BJP comes back to power, only one person would be responsible for it and that would be Rahul Gandhi,” Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday, attacking the Congress president for the failure of the two parties to forge and alliance in Delhi.
The Delhi chief minister also hit out at the BJP, accusing the ruling party of fulfilling Pakistan’s agenda of “dividing the country”.
Talking to reporters at the launch of AAP’s Delhi manifesto, Kejriwal said the AAP would not have “dreamt” of forming an alliance with the Congress but had agreed to do so “only to save the country”.
“I want to ask Rahul Gandhi which alliance is formed on Twitter. If they were serious about forming an alliance, they should have come to the table for negotiations. Giving statements in public is not going to solve the problem,” he said.
On Gandhi’s comment that he would try till the last moment to form an alliance with the AAP in Delhi, Kejriwal said, “This is posturing. They don’t have an intention.”
The Congress, in response, said Kejriwal was himself confused. “The Congress’ top leadership had extended a hand for alliance towards him, but he did not reciprocate. Then, he says the Congress is responsible if Modiji wins. In Delhi, now he is mixing politics and religion,” said Ragini Nayak, Congress spokesperson,.
“I remember the big dreams that he had shown -- morality in politics, transparency in politics, inclusive politics and today, he is doing what the BJP does, that if you are Hindu, vote for them, or if you are Muslim, vote for them. I feel this is not good for the democracy,” Nayak said.
Speaking on the seat-sharing arrangement proposed by the Congress, Kejriwal said giving three seats to the Congress would mean losing on all those seats. Kejriwal went on to say that the Congress was not getting a single Hindu vote, while the Muslims were a little confused as well.
“The AAP will support any secular mahagathbandhan after the general elections. This election is the fight to save the nation, democracy and the Constitution of the country,” he said.
Congress leader PC Chako said his party will have a direct fight with the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and asserted that the possibility of a triangular contest is “slowly disappearing” in the national capital.
Kejriwal also attacked BJP president Amit Shah for an alleged tweet that the BJP will remove every single infiltrator from this country except Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs, Kejriwal said it meant that the BJP’s plan was to remove all religions except these three from the country.
“Even Pakistan wanted to divide India. The BJP is fulfilling Pakistan’s agenda of dividing India…of weakening it,” Kejriwal added.
The AAP has already announced its candidates for the seven seats in Delhi — Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk, Atishi from East Delhi, Gugan Singh from North West Delhi, Raghav Chadha from South Delhi, Dilip Pandey from North East Delhi, Balbir Singh Jakhar from West Delhi and Brajesh Goel from New Delhi.
with agency inputs
