Making a brief yet aggressive statement to the media, Kejriwal dared Modi to lodge “as many FIRs and get as many CBI raids conducted against me as he can”, asserting such “coercive” methods would not “scare” him or the Aam Aadmi Party into silence. The Delhi Chief Minister wondered why Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra was not being acted against, contrary to the pre-poll rhetoric of BJP. He also questioned the Centre’s “inaction” against Sonia in the AgustaWestland scam.
“I want to make one thing clear to Modiji that I am not Rahul Gandhi. I am not Sonia Gandhi who you will manage to pressurise. I am not Vadra with whom you will enter into a setting. I will die but won’t tolerate fraud.
“The question is why such raids and FIRs are directed against me? Because he (Modi) has managed to scare others using such tactics. I am the only person standing tall against his intimidatory tactics,” Kejriwal said. His attack came a day after Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch Chief M K Meena said besides probing former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s role in the tanker scam, Kejriwal may also be quizzed for “sitting over” a report by an AAP government-ordered fact-finding committee that had found the alleged irregularities. He said he will raise his voice against Modi “shielding” Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Anandiben Patel, who he alleged were involved in the Vyapam scandal, controversy over former IPL boss Lalit Modi’s immigration application and a land scam respectively.
“I will raise my voice if you help Vijay mallya flee the country with Rs 7,000 crore. If you open the defence sector to FDI jeopardising the country’s security, then I will raise my voice,” he said.