Arvind Kejriwal will remain Delhi CM: AAP leader Sandeep Pathak

AAP leader Sandeep Pathak on Wednesday said Arvind Kejriwal who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate last month is the Delhi Chief Minister and will continue to hold the post ruling out that he will resignHe alleged that part of the conspiracy of BJP was that they would first arrest Kejriwal and say he should resign and then try to break the AAPTalking to reporters in Amritsar after holding a meeting with party volunteers Pathak said Kejriwal is CM and will remain the CM and if need be he will run the government from inside the jailTo another question Pathak who is AAP national general secretary organisation said people of Punjab and country are emotional they do not like any big person dominates another person and commits excessesKejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the ED in connection with an excise policylinked money laundering caseAfter Kejriwals arrest 1015 per cent vote share of AAP increased in Delhi BJP must be conducting survey they must be seeing this Sometimes over smartness is harmful the AAPs Punjab affairs coincharge said targeting the ruling BJP at the CentreAs regards the question that Kejriwal is in jail how will the party run to this I want to say that the party will continue to run in the same way as it was being run earlier he saidOn AAP leaders like Kejriwal Sanjay Singh and Manish Sisodia being jailed he said that if honest persons are put in jail who will join politics then But everyone has faith in the judiciary he addedOn Sanjay Singh being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the Delhi excise policy case he said Everyone is happy that he Sanjay Singh has got bailAsked if there can be any reconsideration on INDIA bloc partners Congress and AAP fighting LS polls separately in Punjab Pathak said this has already been decided and candidates have been announced accordinglyThe information I have is that in Punjab the Congress and AAP are fighting separately he saidOn AAP leader Raghav Chadha he said he Chadha underwent a retina operation in the UK He is recovering and will return soon Pathak saidTo another question while targeting the BJP he said What is their purpose It is not to catch any crime They want to send behind bars those who are running the party AAP so that the party breaksAsked why AAP leaders were being targeted Pathak said in many other states which were ruled by BJPs rival parties they have done thisIn Delhi they BJP reached this far because they are more scared of Arvind Kejriwal he claimedHe also said the ED had earlier registered cases against nearly 26 to 30 leaders of which about 24 joined the BJP later and once they did so the cases fell flat This is a joke he said adding the public is with themAAPs main strength is love of people and our volunteers he saidOn AAPs lone Lok Sabha member Sushil Kumar Rinku joining the BJP along with Punjab MLA Sheetal Angural Pathak said One or two have leftI do not want to say anything on this people will give answer to themThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever