BJP Has Launched 'Operation Jhaadu' To Crush AAP: Delhi CM Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that the BJP has launched a campaign - 'Operation Jhaadu' - to crush the Aam Aadmi Party as the saffron party sees his party as a challenge.

Ahead of the AAP's proposed protest march to the BJP headquarters, the AAP Convenor said there will be bigger challenges ahead and asked the cadre to be prepared to face them.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is worried about the rise of the AAP. The party has risen too fast. They have started 'Operation Jhaadu' to crush the party. In the coming time, our bank accounts will be frozen and we will be brought on the road since our office will also be taken away," PTI quoted him as saying.

"There will be bigger challenges ahead. Please be ready to face them. Remember one thing we faced many challenges in the past. We have the blessings of Lord Hanuman and God. We would have not survived these. Walk on the path of truth. We want to work for the society," he added.

On Saturday, the Delhi CM claimed that they will march to the BJP headquarters "so that the Prime Minister can send anyone he wishes to jail".

"We will peacefully march to the BJP headquarters and if the police stop us, we will sit at that spot. We will wait for half an hour and see if they arrest us. If they do not arrest us, it will be their defeat. You can send us all in jail and see for yourself if the party ends or it rises more," he added.

Recalling the period he was lodged in the Tihar Jail, Kejriwal said he read the Bhagavad Gita twice and the Ramayan once.

Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the Delhi excise policy case on May 10 to allow him to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. He will be back in jail on June 2.

Meanwhile, a Delhi court on Sunday allowed five-day custodial interrogation of Bibhav Kumar, Kejriwal's close aide in the Swati Maliwal assault case.

The police had sought seven-day custody. It is alleged that Kumar, who is Kejriwal's personal assistant, assaulted AAP MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's residence on May 13.

"Considering the submissions made on behalf of both the parties, I find there is a necessity of police custody remand in the present case. Accordingly, the application moved by the investigating officer (IO) is partly allowed and the accused is remanded to police custody for five days," the court said in its order.