A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tore up copies of the newly-enacted farm laws in the Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday filed a police complaint against him, saying the AAP chief was trying to instigate the protesting farmers. The complaint was filed by Delhi BJP's IT Cell chief (social media) Abhishek Dubey.
"Arvind Kejriwal is conspiring to intensify the farmers' protest in Delhi and is also conspiring to trigger riots in the city. On December 17, he called a special session of the Delhi Assembly. During the debate on farm issues, he violated the Constitution and tore copies of the Centre's farm laws. This has motivated the farmers and there are attempts to trigger riots in Delhi," Dubey alleged in his complaint.
Dubey said in case the situation in Delhi worsens, Kejriwal should be held responsible and appropriate actions should be taken against him.
The Delhi Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution against the Centre's three new agriculture laws with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tearing up their copies, saying he cannot betray the farmers of the country.
“I am pained that I have to do this. I did not intend to, but I cannot betray the farmers of my country who have been sleeping on the streets in the cold… when the temperature is just 2 degrees Celsius,” Kejriwal said, while tearing up the copies of the three laws.
After the assembly passed the resolution by voice vote, AAP MLAs trooped into the well of the House, tore off copies of the laws and raised slogans demanding that the government repeal them.
The AAP supremo has vociferously spoken for the farmers, attacking the ruling dispensation for its alleged attempts at labelling the protesters as anti-national and terrorists. He had visited the protest site at the Delhi-Haryana border and had also observed a day-long fast in solidarity with the farmers.
The party's aggressive stance on the farm laws is apparently dictated by its political interests in Punjab, where it is the principal opposition.
