Hitting back at the BJP after being called a 'terrorist' by Lok Sabha member Parvesh Verma, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday made an emotional appeal to the people of Delhi to decide whether they consider him their son, brother, or a terrorist.
"I have sacrificed everything for my nation. Since the formation of our Government, I considered every child as my own and provided a good education to them, better treatment and medicines to the people of every household, sent elder of all the families of Delhi to pilgrimage and took care of the families of the martyrs in Delhi in the last five years. Does that make me a terrorist," he asked?
Kejriwal also said he left a job as Income Tax Commissioner to take part in the nation's biggest movement against corruption.
"I am a diabetic and take insulin four times a day. If a patient of diabetes does not eat something every three-four hours, he or she might collapse due to low blood sugar levels. Despite being on such a high risk of life, I sat on a protest against corruption twice. I went against doctor's advice and risked my life for the nation," he said, adding that my parents were very disappointed with the "terrorist" remarks. Elaborating it further, he said "I was a bright student of IIT Kharagpur and got good marks. I would have gone to a foreign nation like my peers but I decided to stay here thinking that it is only us who can work for and improve the nation. Are these the steps that a terrorist would take, he asked?
"I exposed many eminent persons in cases of corruption and that is the reason I had to suffer a lot. Raids were conducted at my residence, office and various charges and cases filed against me," he added.
Meanwhile, Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Sanjay Singh and Pankaj Gupta submitted a memorandum to Election Commission of India (ECI) demanding registration of an FIR against BJP MP Pravesh Verma and Manoj Tiwari for calling Arvind Kejriwal a "terrorist". The party also demanded to impose a complete ban on Verma and Tiwari from campaigning. In the complaints, the AAP said the kind of language used by BJP leaders is not only deplorable but also a slap on the face of people of Delhi. "Unless stern action is taken against both of them, the model code of conduct will remain in the book," it said.
