Centre, Delhi Police conspiring to kill Kejriwal: AAP

Addressing a property league here, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and her Punjab counterpart, Bhagwant Mann, said they person written to the EC demanding “fair grounds” for the AAP successful the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls and the restoration of Kejriwal’s information screen fixed by the Punjab Police, on with an audit of “life-threatening” attacks connected him.

They alleged that the Delhi Police, which comes nether the Centre, has turned a unsighted oculus connected the alleged attacks connected Kejriwal successful accordance with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s order.

“There are 2 players progressive successful this conspiracy to termination Kejriwalji — the BJP and the Delhi Police. They are some conspiring to extremity Kejriwal’s life. Attacks person been attempted connected him 1 aft the other. In October (last year), an onslaught was made connected Kejriwal.

Upon probe by us, it was recovered that the attackers were BJP workers, but constabulary took nary action,” Atishi alleged.

“We person written to the EC demanding that Kejriwal’s information beryllium restored. We bash not spot the Delhi Police arsenic it is nether Amit Shah’s control,” she added.

The AAP leaders alleged that resorting to “dirty politics” up of the Delhi polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has conspired to get Kejriwal’s information removed.

“We constitute to you with utmost urgency and sedate interest regarding the information arrangements of Arvind Kejriwal, ex-chief curate of Delhi and the nationalist convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who has been consistently facing sedate threats to his beingness and deliberate lapses successful his information detail.

“These lapses are not isolated incidents but look to beryllium portion of a larger, orchestrated signifier designed to jeopardise his safety,” the missive written by the AAP leaders to the EC read.

It alleged that connected antithetic occasions implicit the past 3 months, aggregate targeted attacks connected Kejriwal, including incidents of carnal battle and chromatic pelting during a governmental rally, were attempted, exacerbating their concerns.

The missive complained that constabulary “simply acted arsenic mute spectators” and did not marque an effort to support Kejriwal.

The main ministers called the Union location ministry’s reported bid to retreat the Punjab Police’s information screen for Kejriwal successful Delhi a “politically-motivated” decision.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reportedly asked to retreat the Punjab Police’s information screen for Kejriwal successful Delhi arsenic helium already enjoys Z-plus information here.

“The Punjab Police, which has been a important and reliable constituent of his information detail, has been abruptly withdrawn without consultation oregon justification. This reckless and politically-motivated determination has near Kejriwal wholly babelike connected the Delhi Police — a unit straight controlled by the BJP done its authorities astatine the Centre,” they said successful the letter.

Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav connected Thursday said the constabulary unit from his authorities deployed for Kejriwal’s information person been withdrawn.

“Following directions from the Delhi Police and the EC, we withdrew the constituent of the Punjab Police successful the information of Kejriwalji,” Yadav said.

The AAP leaders urged the EC to “conduct an contiguous and thorough reappraisal of Arvind Kejriwal’s information arrangements and instrumentality robust measures to guarantee his safety” and “reinstate oregon augment the beingness of the Punjab Police successful his information item to supply reliable and impartial protection”.

At the property conference, Mann argued that BJP leaders similar Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath person extortion from different states erstwhile they necessitate it.

“Those who person Z-plus information are expected to beryllium provided protection. Yogi Adityanath, for example, gets information from his ain authorities and besides receives extortion present portion campaigning arsenic helium is Z-plus protectee.

“West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had besides requested for assistance from the Punjab Police during elections. She had told maine that she does not spot cardinal forces. So we had provided information to her and charged wealth for it,” Mann said.