Plot to kill me: Kejriwal on chilli powder attack
CHARGE Says 4 attacks in 2 yrs only indicate other political parties are insecure
SONEPAT: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said some political parties want to get him killed and that was why he has been attacked four times in the last two years. Kejriwal had come to Thana Kalan village in Sonepat district to hand over ₹1 crore cheque to BSF martyr Narender Singh’s family as he said the compensation given by the Haryana government to martyrs (₹50 lakh) was not adequate.
SONEPAT : Delhi chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said some political parties want to get him killed and that was why he has been attacked four times in the last two years.
Kejriwal had come to Thana Kalan village in Haryana’s Sonepat district to hand over ₹1 crore cheque to BSF martyr Narender Singh’s family as he said the compensation given by the Haryana government to martyrs (₹50 lakh) was not adequate. Narender was killed by Pakistani forces on the International Border near Jammu.
Talking to the media, Kejriwal said the Tuesday’s chilli powder attack on him inside Delhi secretariat was a result of other political parties’ insecurity. “This is not a small thing. I don’t think in the history of our country any chief minister has been attacked four times in two years. So it is clear that these attacks are not happening just like that, but someone is behind them,” he said.
“We (AAP) have become a pain for other political parties and that is why they want to get me killed. The way we have transformed Delhi, improved government schools and hospitals in just three years, has worried other political parties because people are raising questions on their incompetence. People are asking why other states cannot give ₹1 crore ex-gratia to families of martyrs when Kejriwal government can,” the Delhi CM said.
Kejriwal said even though there was a threat to his life, he will continue to work for the people of the country. “I don’t care if my life is cut short, but every breath and every drop of blood will be spent for the development of this nation,” he said.
On being asked about the INLD feud and Dushyant Chautala to float a new party on December 9, Kejriwal said he did not mind an alliance if he was approached by a politician holding a clean image.