Centre waging war against opposition-ruled governments, alleges Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday hit out at the BJPled Centre accusing it of waging a war against state governments led by opposition partiesLeaders and lawmakers from the Left Democratic Front of Kerala led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan staged a protest against the Union government at Delhis Jantar Mantar on ThursdayThe governments led by opposition parties represent 70 crore people in the country The BJP has waged a war against the oppositionruled states They have created a IndiaPakistan situation with us The Centre is using all the tactics to harass the opposition governments alleged Kejriwal who took part in the protestHe alleged that the Centre is not giving funds to the state governments using Governors and Lt Governors to meddle in the functioning of the state governments and unleashing central agencies on the opposition leadersIt is depriving them of valid funds and obstructing work through Governors and LGs It is also harassing them by using central agencies to arrest the opposition leaders How will the governments workHe said the protesters were not here to beg or ask for anything for our familiesI have come here to ask for the right of two crore people If you do not give us funds how will we build roads provide electricity and work for development How can you snatch the peoples rights the Aam Aadmi Party national convener saidCiting Punjabs instance he said the state government had to move the Supreme Court for release of rural development fundThe SC has fixed the matter for hearing next week Immediately we received a call from Centre asking us to come and sit with them for a discussion The Delhiites pay Rs 2 lakh crore as income tax and out of that they only get Rs 325 crore Even the British did not loot the country like this during the 100 years they were here he claimedThe governors are meddling with state subjects in the oppositionruled states and agencies like ED are being used to frame the opposition leaders he allegedED is a new weapon for them Till now there were laws and a case would be investigated Then it would be tried legally and the accused would be sent to jail after due legal process Now they decide whom to put behind bars and then it is decided which case that person should be framed in he allegedThey have arrested Hemant Soren without anything being proved against him he claimedThey can arrest even me Pinarayi Vijayan or MK Stalin They can arrest anyone and send him to jail to topple the government They even tried to topple the Jharkhand government but they could not he saidHe said he is labelled corrupt and underlined how he provides free electricity and free treatment in the government hospitals in DelhiI provide free electricity to the people of Delhi while the electricity rates are quite high in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh You tell me is the one who provides free electricity corrupt or the one who provides it at higher rates I want to tell the BJP not to be arrogant Times can change A time can come when we will be there in power and you will be here in opposition and the same laws can come to haunt you Kejriwal saidHis Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Singh Mann said at a time when they should have been at their respective secretariats preparing for budget they are here to protest at Jantar MantarWe should have been at our respective secretariats and attending to work as this is the time for budget preparation But here we are at Jantar Mantar asking for our rights They have withheld Rs 5500 crore of our funds and we had to approach the SC Where the BJP has no MLAs the governors start ruling he alleged at the protestThis 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