Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is running an "Operation Jhadu" against the Aam Aadmi Party wherein it is and will arrest the top leaders of the party. Kejriwal made the statement during his address to party workers ahead of protest march to BJP headquarter following the arrest of his former aide Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal 'assault case'.
The AAP supremo also alleged that under the 'Operation Jhadu' the BJP will freeze AAP's bank accounts after the Lok Sabha elections.
"BJP has started 'Operation Jhaadu' so that we don't grow big and become a challenge to them. Through 'Operation Jhaadu', AAP's big leaders will be arrested, they are being arrested and in the coming days, AAP's bank accounts will be frozen," said the Delhi CM.
"ED's lawyer has already given this statement in court that soon after the election AAP's bank accounts will be frozen, he said that if they freeze our account now we will get sympathy...after election, they will freeze our accounts, our office will be cleared out and we will be brought to streets. These are the 3 plans made by BJP," he added.
Following the address, Kejriwal, along with other party leaders including Sanjay Singh marched towards Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters daring the ruling party to arrest all the party members participating in the protest. The Delhi Police, however, stopped the march and the leaders staged protest at the spot.
"We stopped them as 144 CrPC has been implemented and we asked them to disperse, adequate police arrangements are in place," said DCP Delhi Central, Harsha Vardhan Mandava.
Ahead of the protest, Delhi Police said it did not give permission for the protest and imposed Section 144 in the area. Delhi Traffic police issued advisory while the entry and exit gates at ITO metro station were closed in view of the protest.