Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that he was stopped by the BJP activists from visiting a State-run dispensary at Karnal.
“On an invitation of villagers of Bal Pabhana in Karnal district, I had come to visit a dispensary. But the Haryana Police told me that the workers of BJP have blocked all the ways leading to the dispensary,” Kejriwal said while talking to the mediapersons in Panipat.
AAP convener, Kejriwal said, “The sub divisional magistrate said they were helpless in removing them (workers) and I should return. It is saddening to note that the administration in Haryana is helpless before BJP workers.”
The AAP leader said by stopping him, the Manohar Lal Khattar government has “insulted not him, but the people of Haryana”.
Kejriwal was stopped at the Panipat toll plaza by police and requested not to proceed towards his destination.
Notably, the Delhi CM had recently written to Manohar Lal, expressing his wish to inspect some government dispensaries of Haryana. He had also invited his Haryaan counterpart to visit the ‘mohalla clinics’ set up by the AAP dispensation to check the “ground reality” of health institutions in the national Capital.
“We only completed three years in Delhi, Manohar Lal completed four years in Haryana. The condition of hospitals and schools in Delhi is good and the people are very happy. On the other hand, the condition of hospitals in Haryana is bad. The poor people are not happy as they don’t have any place to go for treatment,” Kejriwal said.
He added the BJP government had allowed Pakistani investigators to come after the Pathankot attack but he is not allowed to see a hospital in the country even after being invited by the people.
The Aam Aadmi Party also shared pictures of men sitting on the road with posters reading “Kejriwal go back”. It also accused the BJP government of removing posters and hoardings installed by them in the state.
“With this incident, the countdown of BJP led Haryana Government has begun,” Kejriwal said.
Taking a dig at the opposition parties, he said the Congress is suffering from infighting, whereas the INLD is facing family feud.