New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday held a meeting with all the AAP MLAs at the Delhi Assembly amid a furore over recent actions by central probe agencies against ministers and leaders of the party.
After the meeting, Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said that all the party MLAs in the meeting have urged Kejriwal to continue as the chief minister of Delhi even if he is arrested.
"Each and every MLA has requested Arvind Kejriwal that the BJP wants you (referring to Delhi CM) to resign, but only Arvind Kejriwal will run the Delhi government, whether from jail, or police custody, or judicial custody," he told the reporters.
Last week, the Enforcement Directorate summoned Kejriwal for questioning in connection with its money laundering probe linked to the alleged excise police scam, but he skipped the summons saying it was “politically motivated”.
"The way the atmosphere is, very soon we all will be going to jail, the kind of preparations PM Modi is doing, rest of the cabinet colleagues along with CM will be going to jail. Maybe Atishi will be in jail number 1, I will be in jail 2 and someone else will be in jail 3 so we will get together for cabinet meetings. We will hold meetings and decisions will be taken and those MLAs who will be outside jail, they will implement them," Bharadwaj added.
Minister Atishi said that if Kejriwal is arrested, they will approach court to seek permission for him to carry out official work from jail.
"The people of Delhi are watching how a person, who has been working for them day and night, is facing extremism. All the AAP MLAs have conveyed him that whether he (Arvind Kejriwal) is sent to jail, he must not resign," Atishi told the reporters.