Hitting back at the BJP over its protests outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence against the road rage incident, the AAP on Thursday took a jibe at the saffron party saying, does Prime Minister Narendra Modi approve of the ‘Naxalite’ and ‘anarchist’ style of agitation. The party again pitched for having the Delhi Police under the control of the State Government.
“The Prime Minister had once termed us as anarchists and Naxalites for protesting. What does he have to say about the protests by BJP workers and Satish UpadhyayIJ” questioned AAP leader Kumar Vishwas on Thursday.
“We don’t understand the logic behind Upadhyay’s protest. If he was protesting against the failing law and order in Delhi, then he should talk to the Prime Minister and work on bringing the Delhi Police under the control of the State Government. We will support him wholeheartedly,” he said, further attacking the BJP for creating hurdles in the functioning of a “progressive Government.”
“Those who termed us Naxalites are against the progressive and development-oriented Government,” Vishwas added. The BJP alleged that the five accused arrested in the road rage case at the Turkman Gate were AAP workers close to Delhi Environment Minister and Matia Mahal MlA Asim Ahmed and demanded his immediate removal.
The party has also slammed Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi for representing people from tobacco lobby in a court case. “The Congress should come clear on this. On TV, their leaders are protesting against tobacco and another leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi is representing people from tobacco lobby. Earlier,
P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal have represented power companies. The party should explain their stand on this,” slammed Vishwas.
Raising the issue of the farmers’ suicide in UP, the party said hundreds of peasants were committing suicide due to the losses faced by them because of unseasonal rain. “The Samajwadi Party Government has made a joke by giving compensation as low of Rs1 in some cases. They have still not given money to sugar cooperatives, who, in turn have to pay up the farmers,” party leader and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh said. He said that the party would raise the issue in the April 22 protest. Kejriwal is expected to lead the protests aimed against the land Acquisition Bill.