New Delhi: 11 and counting, says the Aam Aadmi Party after the arrest on Sunday of two of its Delhi lawmakers. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accused the Modi government at the Centre of "sending Delhiites to jail under false cases".
He has also described his party's power struggle with the BJP in Delhi as a "holy war between Kauravas and Pandavas", referencing the epic Mahabharat.
Two AAP lawmakers were arrested within 12 hours on the weekend - Amanatullah Khan, the party's lawmaker from Okhla, was arrested for allegedly trying to run over a woman protesting outside his home against power cuts and Naresh Yadav, AAP lawmaker from Mehrauli, is accused of desecrating the holy Quran.
Mr Khan will be produced in a Delhi court this afternoon. Both lawmakers have said they have been framed in "political conspiracies".
Mr Kejriwal alleged at a function in Delhi on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "could not digest his defeat".
Mr Kejriwal has warned the BJP that if its government at the Centre does not stop targeting AAP, it will "meet the same fate in Punjab, Goa and Gujarat," states it rules on its own or with allies.
He has also described his party's power struggle with the BJP in Delhi as a "holy war between Kauravas and Pandavas", referencing the epic Mahabharat.
Two AAP lawmakers were arrested within 12 hours on the weekend - Amanatullah Khan, the party's lawmaker from Okhla, was arrested for allegedly trying to run over a woman protesting outside his home against power cuts and Naresh Yadav, AAP lawmaker from Mehrauli, is accused of desecrating the holy Quran.
Mr Khan will be produced in a Delhi court this afternoon. Both lawmakers have said they have been framed in "political conspiracies".
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Mr Kejriwal alleged at a function in Delhi on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "could not digest his defeat".
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Mr Kejriwal has warned the BJP that if its government at the Centre does not stop targeting AAP, it will "meet the same fate in Punjab, Goa and Gujarat," states it rules on its own or with allies.
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