BJP COMPLAINT AGAINST KEJRI FOR ‘VIOLATING’ MODEL CODE
Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday filed a complaint against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, for ‘violating model code of conduct.’
The BJP accused Kejriwal of posting ‘offensive content’ through Facebook live programme. Delhi police said they had received the complaint and were looking into it. Till Saturday night, an FIR hadn’t been filed.
In a Facebook live programme on Saturday afternoon, the Delhi CM asked Delhities to vote for his party and said that voting for the BJP would mean putting at risk their kids and family member.
“Don’t put your kids at stake due to your love for BJP. Don’t put your family members at stake when you go to vote tomorrow. If they fall sick and suffer… then you will be responsible,” he said.
“Don’t vote to make Kejriwal or AAP win. Vote to clean the city. We have to make the city clean. I am not able to do anything. I call BJP people, the mayors and commissioners to clean the city but they don’t do anything,” he said.
Within hours of the chief minister posting his address, a member of Delhi’s BJP legal team filed a complaint with the station house officer of North Avenue police station demanding action for threatening voters and violating the code of conduct by campaigning beyond the deadline. “The chief minister and convener of AAP said that in case residents voted for the BJP they will suffer dengue and chikungunya(sic),” reads a part of the complaint.
AAP’s Delhi in-charge Ashish Talwar said that BJP’s entire campaign was centered around Kejriwal.
“Their campaign against him has failed. BJP’s campaign was bereft of credibility and issues and this complaint is another desperate attempt to stay in the news,” he said.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal “fired one bullet at me” every day. This is Kejriwal’s first direct attack against Baijal since he was appointed the Lt Governor of Delhi on December 31, 2016.
Noting that his government tries to coordinate on issues related to development , both with the L-G as well as the Centre, the Delhichief minister said “the firing” has intensified just before the MCD polls.