'Scared of AAP-Congress tie up, BJP trying to get Arvind Kejriwal arrested'

The Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Friday alleged that the BJPled Centre was scared of the partys alliance with the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls and was using the CBI to get Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrested reported news agency PTIThere was no immediate reaction from the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI or the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP to the allegationAddressing a press conference Delhi cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said as soon as reports of the finalisation of seatsharing talks between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party AAP started coming in the ED sent a seventh summons to Kejriwal in the excise policylinked money laundering case reported PTIThe BJPled Centre was scared of AAPs alliance with the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls and was using the CBI to get Arvind Kejriwal arrested Bharadwaj saidWe have learnt from reliable sources that the CBI is planning to arrest Kejriwal The CBI will also serve a notice to Kejriwal either this afternoon or by evening he allegedIn the next two to three days Kejriwal will be arrested he claimedWe are getting messages that if the AAPCongress alliance happens Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested The BJP is scared of the AAPCongress alliance You can arrest Kejriwal if you want but the alliance will proceed he said reported PTIAAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak said people will take to the streets if Kejriwal is arrestedThere will be a tsunami of people Their BJP political calculations will go wrong We are not scared of being arrested We are forging this alliance for the country he added reported PTIEarlier AAP leader Atishi claimed on Thursday that the partys national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested in the next three to four days if the party enters into a seatsharing agreement with the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls reported PTIReacting to the claim Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said she made the remarks out of frustration reported PTIAs for as her claim that this was going to happen because of AAPCongress alliance I want to say the BJP is least bothered about this coalition and we are going to win all the 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi he said reported PTIAddressing a press conference Atishi also claimed that the CBI was going to issue a notice to Kejriwal either on Saturday or Monday reported PTISince the news of discussions on an alliance between AAP and Congress reaching final stages is circulating AAP leaders have received messages since Wednesday evening that Kejriwal will be arrested if AAP enters into a seatsharing agreement with the Congress she claimed reported PTIThe Delhi minister claimed that it was conveyed by the messengers that a notice will be issued to the chief minister by the CBI on Saturday or Monday and then he will be arrested by ED and CBI in next 12 days reported PTIShe said that it was conveyed by the messengers that the only way to keep Kejriwal out of jail was AAP quitting the opposition bloc INDIAI want to tell the BJP that this is democracy and parties have right to enter into an alliance and if you BJP feel that you can scare Kejriwal and AAP through such threats of arrest then you are committing a big mistake Atishi said reported PTIThe alliance between the AAP and the Congress in Delhi is on the verge of finalisation Leaders of the two parties may make an official announcement in a day or two she saidAtishi did not present any evidence in support of her claims saying We are public representative and we do not keep handy a recorder while going for morning walk or meeting people at home or office so that anything said by a person from the BJP could be recorded reported PTIWith inputs from PTI