BJP scared of LS poll outcome, acting in panic: Oppn on Kejriwal's arrest

Various constituents of the INDIA bloc condemned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals arrest on Thursday and claimed that the BJP is scared of the outcome of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and acting out of panic to create problems for the oppositionSoon after Kejriwals arrest by the ED in an excise policylinked moneylaundering case Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the arrogant Bharatiya Janata Party BJP is making false claims of victory every day and trying to weaken the opposition by indulging in illegal means ahead of the parliamentary pollsCongress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that a scared dictator wants to create a dead democracy and said the INDIA bloc will give a befitting reply to such designs A scared dictator wants to create a dead democracy he said in a post in Hindi on XWhile capturing all the institutions including the media breaking up parties extorting money from companies freezing the accounts of the main opposition party were not enough for the devilish power now the arrest of elected chief ministers has also become a common thing Gandhi saidINDIA will give a befitting reply to this he added Kharge said the BJP which makes false claims of victory every day is trying to weaken the opposition by all illegal meansIf there was real confidence of victory then the accounts of the main opposition party Congress party would not have been frozen by misusing the constitutional institutions and leaders of opposition parties would not have been targeted right before the elections he said in a post on XThe truth is that BJP is already scared of the upcoming election results and in panic is creating all kinds of problems for the opposition Its time for change This time out of power the Congress president saidTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said in a post on X Ahead of Elections 2024 driven by fear of a decade of failures and the imminent defeat the fascist BJP govt sinks to despicable depths by arresting Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal following the unjust targeting of brother Hemant SorenNot a single BJP leader faces scrutiny or arrest laying bare their abuse of power and the decay of democracy The relentless persecution of opposition leaders by the BJP govt smacks of a desperate witchhunt he addedThis tyranny ignites public fury unmasking BJPs true colours But their futile arrests only fuel our resolve fortifying the INDIA alliances march to victory BJP brace for the peoples wrath Stalin saidNCP leader Sharad Pawar condemned the vindictive misuse of central agencies to target the opposition especially as general elections loom This arrest showcases the depth to which BJP will stoop for power INDIA stands united against this unconstitutional action against Arvind Kejriwal he saidTrinamool Congress leader Derek OBrien questioned the timing of the arrest when the Model Code of Conduct is in place He alleged that as the poll process has begun every opposition party is being harassedHow can we expect fair elections in India if sitting CMs and prominent opposition leaders are arrested weeks before polls If SC and ECI fail to act now who will stand with people against BJPs oppressive politics in future OBrien askedCPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are in panic over their impending rejection by people in the upcoming polls Its the second sitting CM of the INDIA bloc to be arrested Clearly Modi and the BJP are in panic over peoples rejection in the ongoing elections he saidCPI general secretary D Raja said the BJPs desperation ahead of the general election is on full display They know the hollowness of their claims of 400 seats and thats why opposition is being targeted by abusing central agencies The arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and the arrest of then Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren show how jittery the BJP is This harassment is only intended to intimidate the opposition Raja said in a post on XShiv Sena UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said with the political arrest of another sitting CM Arvind Kejriwal the BJP government its Extended Department have made it clear that they arent anywhere close to winning 400 seats Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said Kejriwals arrest will give birth to a new peoples revolutionThose who are themselves imprisoned in the fear of defeat what will they achieve by imprisoning someone else BJP knows that it will not come to power again and because of this fear it wants to remove the opposition leaders from the public by any means at the time of elections arrest is just an excuse he said in a post on XPDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Kejriwals arrest reeks of political vendetta and growing authoritarianism The arbitrary arrest of yet another CM by ED reeks of political vendetta and growing authoritarianism she said in a post on XThis cowardly act has exposed fears of the ruling party now resorting to desperate measures by manipulating elections even before they are held History has shown that tyranny never prevails in the face of unified resistance We will not be intimidated Mufti addedThis 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