Sisodia, Jain arrested as BJP wants to stop AAP govt's good work, says Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of attempting to sabotage his governments work in education and health sectors through the arrest of Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain and asserted that Aam Aadmi Party leaders Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj who will be inducted into his Cabinet will perform with double the speedIf Manish Sisodia joins BJP today wont 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 cabinetThe 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 capitalBut 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 saidMeanwhile the BJP and Congress held protests demanding that Kejriwal step down as chief ministerThe 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 nowscrapped liquor policy for 202122The Aam Aadmi Party said it will launch a doortodoor 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 CabinetAtishi a key member of Sisodias education team will become the first woman minister in the Kejriwal government She represents the Kalkaji constituency Bhardwaj who is also the partys national spokesperson is currently serving the Delhi Jal Board as its vice chairman The legislator from Greater Kailash was also a minister during the first stint of the AAP governmentSaxena forwarded the resignation letters of Sisodia and Jain to President Droupadi MurmuAddressing a press conference after the meeting with party MLAs and councillors Kejriwal asserted that not only AAP but the whole country is proud of Jain and SisodiaAlso read Congress demands Delhi CM Kejriwals resignation stages protest near AAP officeThey have brought fame to the country across the world he said adding that Jain gave the model of mohalla clinics in primary healthcare to the entire worldSisodia transformed government schools and even the wife of the then US president Donald Trump came to see them in 2020 Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to stop the good work being done in Delhi But I want to tell people that the work will happen at double speed Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj who will soon join the Cabinet are educated people who will carry on the good work at double the speed Kejriwal saidOn whether there will be a deputy chief minister Kejriwal said If the need arises we shall seeThe BJP held protests both on the ground and online with a series of tweets and a running hashtag in Hindi Thekedar_Kejriwal_Istifa_Do Many banners that bore slogans like Sharab Ghotale ke Sargana Kejriwal Istifa Do Istifa Do Liquor scam kingpin Kejriwal should resign were put upDelhi BJPs working president Virendra Sachdeva said that if according to Kejriwal his ministers were innocent why did the Supreme Court not give them any relief and their resignations were acceptedSeveral Congress leaders and workers led by their Delhi unit president Anil Chaudhary gathered near AAPs DDU Marg office and raised slogans against Kejriwal and Sisodia The party said a fair probe would not be possible as long as Arvind Kejriwal remains in powerOn Tuesday Delhis Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot was given the additional charge of finance and power while Social Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand will be handling education and health departments till new ministers are appointed in the CabinetThis 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