After Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had called himself an "anarchist" and there is not much of a "difference between an anarchist and a terrorist", the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit hard at the Union Minister challenging that if Kejriwal is a terrorist then arrest and put him behind bars.
Sanjay Singh, the Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and senior party leader said the AAP will seek a ban on the BJP leaders from campaigning. He also demanded an FIR to be registered against the political leaders who are giving provocative speeches.
"What is happening? Is this happening in the national capital where the parliament is situated? How can a central minister be allowed to speak such language?"
"The BJP has no issue to raise in the election and that is the reason it has indulge in violating the rules and regulations of the Election Commission (EC) with impunity and EC is completely silent," he said.
Efforts are being made to distract from real issues of electricity, water, education and health, he said," adding that they (BJP) will fuel communal sentiments and spread hate to avoid the real issues.
"The Chief Minister studied from IIT and left his job as a Revenue Commissioner and sat on a dharna for 15 days against corruption. Have you ever seen a terrorist doing dharna against corruption," he asked? Singh also slammed BJP MP Ananth Hegde for calling Gandhi Ji's struggle for India's independence a 'drama'.
Earlier, addressing the media Javadekar said "Kejriwal is now asking with a sad face, 'am I a terrorist?' You are a terrorist and there is a lot of evidence to prove that. You yourself had said you are an anarchist. There is not much difference between an anarchist and a terrorist,"
Javadekar also raked up the issue of Kejriwal "staying a night at the Moga residence of Khalistani commander Gurinder Singh during the Punjab Assembly polls". "You knew it was a militant's house. Still, you stayed there. How much more evidence do you need?" he said.
Singh said "The victory of AAP is very clear and the BJP is completely baffled at the prospect of a certain defeat and all their leaders have resorted to making objectionable statements out of desperation".
"The kind of statements they are making should attract strict penal action and FIR should be filed against them. First, a BJP MP called Arvind Kejriwal a terrorist, and then the CM of Haryana called him a 'monkey', the UP Chief Minister Yogi made fun of Kejriwal's health. And today, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar again referred to Arvind Kejriwal as a terrorist," he said.