Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged party workers to seek public opinion on whether he should resign as Delhi’s chief minister or run the government from jail if he is arrested in connection with the liquor excise policy case, the Hindustan Times reported.
“I don’t have any lust for power,” Kejriwal said. “I resigned from the post on the 49th day [in 2014]. Nobody asked for my resignation. But we have to ensure that we do not get trapped in BJP’s conspiracies”.
The chief minister alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party plans to get central investigative agencies to arrest Opposition leaders Mamata Banerjee, Tejashwi Yadav and Hemant Soren so that it can “sweep in” West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand – states where the leaders are in power.
“So, should I resign?” The Indian Express quoted Kejriwal as saying. “Should I run the government from jail?” Today I am giving you [party workers] this task to ask the people of Delhi. They have given us a lot of love, we will not do anything without their permission.”
He added: “Go to every house in Delhi and take people’s opinion. But the BJP should not get one Lok Sabha seat from Delhi this time – even if I am in jail.”
Kejriwal said he has also been discussing the matter with…
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