New Delhi (TIP)- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday, March 2, accused the BJP of attempting to sabotage his government’s work in education and health sectors through the arrest of Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain and asserted that AAP leaders Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj who will be inducted into his Cabinet will perform with double the speed.

“If Manish Sisodia joins BJP today, won’t he be released tomorrow,” Kejriwal said and targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first remarks after Sisodia and Jain who have been arrested on charges of corruption resigned from the cabinet.

The people who brought laurels for the country from across the world were put behind bars by Prime Minister Modi, the AAP supremo alleged.

The chief minister claimed that there is no scam in excise policy and it is an excuse to stall the good work being done in the national capital.

“But, I assure the people of Delhi that this will not happen. The Aam Aadmi Party is a storm. We will be unstoppable and our time has come,” Kejriwal said.

Meanwhile, the BJP and Congress held protests, demanding that Kejriwal step down as chief minister.

The opposition BJP had been demanding the resignation of Jain after his arrest in May last year by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.

Sisodia too faced the heat after his name cropped up in the excise policy scam in August 2022. He was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor policy for 2021-22.

The Aam Aadmi Party said it will launch a door-to-door campaign from March 5 under which all MLAs will apprise people about the “false cases” registered against Sisodia and Jain. The decision was taken at a meeting called by Kejriwal with AAP MLAs and councillors.

Earlier in the day, Kejriwal recommended the names of party MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena for their appointment to the Cabinet.

Atishi, a key member of Sisodia’s education team, will become the first woman minister in the Kejriwal government. She represents the Kalkaji constituency.       Source: PTI